Sequential city growth: Theory and evidence from the US
文献类型：SCI/SSCI论文
| 作者 | Sheng K. R.; Sun W. ; Fan J.
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| 发表日期 | 2014 |
| 关键词 | Sequential City Growth Discontinuities City Size Distribution Conditional Convergence Size Distributions Urban Systems Evolution Trade Model |
| 英文摘要 | City growth patterns are attracting more attention in urban geography studies. This paper examines how cities develop and grow in the upper tail of size distribution in a large-scale economy based on a theoretical model under new economic geography framework and the empirical evidence from the US. The results show that cities grow in a sequential pattern. Cities with the best economic conditions are the first to grow fastest until they reach a critical size, then their growth rates slow down and the smaller cities farther down in the urban hierarchy become the fastest-growing ones in sequence. This paper also reveals three related features of urban system. First, the city size distribution evolves from low-level balanced to primate and finally high-level balanced pattern in an inverted U-shaped path. Second, there exist persistent discontinuities, or gaps, between city size classes. Third, city size in the upper tail exhibits conditional convergence characteristics. This paper could not only contribute to enhancing the understanding of urbanization process and city size distribution dynamics, but also be widely used in making effective policies and scientific urban planning. |
| 出处 | Journal of Geographical Sciences |
| 卷 | 24 |
| 期 | 6 |
| 页 | 1161-1174 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| ISSN号 | 1009-637X |
| 源URL | [http://192.168.22.105/handle/311030/29624]  |
| 专题 | 区域可持续发展分析与模拟院重点实验室_外文论文 地理科学与资源研究所_历年回溯文献 地理科学与资源研究所_区域可持续发展分析与模拟重点实验室_城市地理与城市发展研究室 中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sheng K. R.,Sun W.,Fan J.. Sequential city growth: Theory and evidence from the US. 2014. |
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