Producer service linkages and city connectivity in the mega-city region of China: : A case study of the Pearl River Delta

• Autores: Anthony G. O. Yeh, Fiona F Yang, Jiejing Wang
• Localización: Urban Studies, ISSN-e 1360-063X, Vol. 52, Nº. 13, 2015, págs. 2458-2482
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper examines the intra- and inter-firm producer service linkages and city connectivity of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), one of the fastest growing and globalising mega-city regions in China. The study reveals that the rapid growth of producer services in the recent two decades has emerged as a crucial contributor to the formation of the regional network that was previously shaped mainly by manufacturing activities. To provide a better understanding of the mechanisms of mega-city regions, a nexus between the literature on globalisation and mega-city regions and the studies on the service economy must be developed to consider not only intra-firm office connections, but also the linkages of producer services between different firms and economic sectors. Through a questionnaire survey covering 1020 producer service firms in three major PRD cities, we provide evidence that in a manner different from manufacturing activities, producer services linkages, both intra-firm and inter-firm, bind the cities into a hierarchical and localised regional system