Article: Intraurban location of producer services in Guangzhou, China

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TitleIntraurban location of producer services in Guangzhou, China
AuthorsYi, H1
Yang, FF1
Yeh, AGO1
KeywordsDecentralization
Industrial district
Urban development
Urban growth
Guangzhou
Issue Date2011
PublisherPion Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.envplan.com
CitationEnvironment And Planning A, 2011, v. 43 n. 1, p. 28-47 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a42460
AbstractThe location of producer services has significant implications on the restructuring of the urban landscape. It is well documented that the growth of producer services in advanced economies has tended to be highly concentrated in the city proper, while at the same time demonstrating a prevailing tendency toward decentralization in recent years because of the development of informa-tion and communication technology. Producer services have been growing rapidly in urban China over the past decade. They have created new and remarkable changes in 'postsocialist cities'. This study analyzes the intraurban location of information and consulting services in Guangzhou, China. The findings suggest that the distribution pattern of producer services has gradually changed from dispersed to centripetal development towards the new business district. This is in stark contrast with the situation in Western cities. In Ghangzhou, urban land reform, city planning, and the need for producer services to gain more prestige and business linkages have together shaped new location dynamics for producer services. There has been a transformation from the once dispersed pattern into one that is more concentrated. © 2010 Pion Ltd and its Licensors.
ISSN0308-518X
2011 Impact Factor: 1.888
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.043
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a42460
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000297719200004
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorYi, H
dc.contributor.authorYang, FF
dc.contributor.authorYeh, AGO
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-28T03:01:43Z
dc.date.available2011-10-28T03:01:43Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe location of producer services has significant implications on the restructuring of the urban landscape. It is well documented that the growth of producer services in advanced economies has tended to be highly concentrated in the city proper, while at the same time demonstrating a prevailing tendency toward decentralization in recent years because of the development of informa-tion and communication technology. Producer services have been growing rapidly in urban China over the past decade. They have created new and remarkable changes in 'postsocialist cities'. This study analyzes the intraurban location of information and consulting services in Guangzhou, China. The findings suggest that the distribution pattern of producer services has gradually changed from dispersed to centripetal development towards the new business district. This is in stark contrast with the situation in Western cities. In Ghangzhou, urban land reform, city planning, and the need for producer services to gain more prestige and business linkages have together shaped new location dynamics for producer services. There has been a transformation from the once dispersed pattern into one that is more concentrated. © 2010 Pion Ltd and its Licensors.
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dc.identifier.citationEnvironment And Planning A, 2011, v. 43 n. 1, p. 28-47 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a42460
dc.identifier.citeulike8357021
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a42460
dc.identifier.epage47
dc.identifier.hkuros197327
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000297719200004
dc.identifier.issn0308-518X
2011 Impact Factor: 1.888
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.043
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-79551693054
dc.identifier.spage28
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/142998
dc.identifier.volume43
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherPion Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.envplan.com
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironment and Planning A
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectDecentralization
dc.subjectIndustrial district
dc.subjectUrban development
dc.subjectUrban growth
dc.subjectGuangzhou
dc.titleIntraurban location of producer services in Guangzhou, China
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong