The One-city Monopoly Index: Analysis of the Potential of Seven Cities in Sichuan to Become Provincial Sub-centres

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.037How to use a DOI?

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Urban primacy; Provincial sub-center city; Regional coordinated development

Abstract

After forty years of development since reform and opening up, Sichuan Province has been ranked sixth and fourth in the country in terms of economic and population volume respectively. Behind the achievements in economic and social development lies the problem that Chengdu, as the capital city of the province, has become one of the very few provincial centre cities in China with a surprisingly high degree of urban primacy. In order to solve to some extent the acute problem of unbalanced and insufficient development in all aspects of the current Sichuan Province, the selection and construction of a sub-centre city in Sichuan Province becomes urgent for its future development. This paper uses the one-city monopoly index to investigate which of Sichuan’s seven regional centres will come out on top in the race to lead the economic zone they radiate to seize the opportunity to usher in the second breakthrough after the reform and opening up in the new round of development of Sichuan. By comparing the one-city monopoly indexes of the seven cities horizontally and vertically in recent years, it can be seen that these cities will have a certain degree of radiation and driving effect on the economic zones in which they are located and even on the whole province, based on the driving effect of the urban areas of these cities on the whole city and their current development status. This will provide a basis for policy decisions on the selection and construction of provincial sub-center city in Sichuan Province, and provide analysis and recommendations on the current development status of each city to promote the regional coordinated development of each economic region in Sichuan and the whole province.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Keyi Gou
AU  - Yan Liu
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/17
TI  - The One-city Monopoly Index: Analysis of the Potential of Seven Cities in Sichuan to Become Provincial Sub-centres
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Economy, Management, Law and Education (EMLE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 238
EP  - 247
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.037
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220306.037
ID  - Gou2022
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