The Impact of Land Transportation Integration on Service Agglomeration in Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration

This study selected the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration as the research area, considering the current status of its transportation development to construct an urban agglomeration land transportation integration index system and to evaluate the development of the area’s transportation integra...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-10, Vol.14 (19), p.12580
Main Authors: Wei, Gongding, Li, Xueyan, Yu, Mingyuan, Lu, Guangquan, Chen, Zhiyu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agglomeration
Cities
Economic development
High speed ground transportation
High speed rail
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Integration
Labor supply
Local transit
Metropolitan areas
Postal services
Railway networks
Retail industry
Retailing industry
Rivers
Service industries
Sustainability
Transportation
Transportation authorities
Transportation industry
Urban areas
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Summary:This study selected the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration as the research area, considering the current status of its transportation development to construct an urban agglomeration land transportation integration index system and to evaluate the development of the area’s transportation integration. The study examined the influence mechanism of transportation infrastructure on service industry agglomeration. The results were as follows: (1) From 2011 to 2020, the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration land transportation integration index showed a clear upward trend. (2) The development of the integration level of local transportation has a certain inhibitory effect on the agglomeration of local service industries. The transportation integration of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration played an important role in promoting the agglomeration of local wholesale and retail industries and transportation, storage, and postal services. The labor force and market size also have a significant impact on service agglomeration. (3) The integration of land transport in the urban agglomeration affects the agglomeration of service industries through the knowledge spillover effect caused by the improvement of accessibility, and the impact is heterogeneous. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration needs to accelerate the construction of trans-provincial and trans-municipal transportation infrastructure and to further improve its connectivity level to promote the integrated development of high-quality transportation in this area.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su141912580