TY - JOUR
T1 - Geospatial analysis of regional development in China
T2 - The case of Zhejiang Province and the Wenzhou Model
AU - Ye, Xinyue
AU - Wei, Yehua Dennis
N1 - Funding Information:
1Respectively, Department of Geography and Geology, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (email: [email protected]) and Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201(email: [email protected]). The authors would like to acknowledge funding from the National Geographic Society (Grant 763104) and the Outstanding Young Scientist Award of the Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 40428003), as well as the many constructive comments of four anonymous referees.
PY - 2005/9
Y1 - 2005/9
N2 - The paper, based on extensive field work and surveys, anlyzes in a GIS environment the multiscalar patterns and emerging clusters of regional development in Zhejiang Province (one of China's most rapidly growing) and Wenzhou Municipality (known for the Wenzhou Model of development based on private enterprise and rural industrialization). The authors first investigate the extent to which a traditional northeast-southwest divide has been replaced by emerging coastal-interior divide and whether, intraprovincial inequality in Zhejiang, especially rural intercounty inequality, has intensified as new development clusters have emerged. At a finer scale of investigation, they analyze the Wenzhou Model and explain the resulting patterns of change by addressing the role of localities, the state, and globalization.
AB - The paper, based on extensive field work and surveys, anlyzes in a GIS environment the multiscalar patterns and emerging clusters of regional development in Zhejiang Province (one of China's most rapidly growing) and Wenzhou Municipality (known for the Wenzhou Model of development based on private enterprise and rural industrialization). The authors first investigate the extent to which a traditional northeast-southwest divide has been replaced by emerging coastal-interior divide and whether, intraprovincial inequality in Zhejiang, especially rural intercounty inequality, has intensified as new development clusters have emerged. At a finer scale of investigation, they analyze the Wenzhou Model and explain the resulting patterns of change by addressing the role of localities, the state, and globalization.
KW - China
KW - Multiscale
KW - Regional development
KW - Regional inequality
KW - Transitional institution
KW - Wenzhou Model
KW - Zhejiang
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U2 - 10.2747/1538-7216.46.6.445
DO - 10.2747/1538-7216.46.6.445
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:27144463091
SN - 1538-7216
VL - 46
SP - 445
EP - 464
JO - Eurasian Geography and Economics
JF - Eurasian Geography and Economics
IS - 6
ER -