TITLE:
The Formation Mechanism and Guiding Strategy of Metropolitan “Lamp Shadow” Phenomenon
AUTHORS:
Huaping Sun, Qianyu Chen, Lingxiang Hu
KEYWORDS:
Metropolitan, Gravity Model, Lamp Shadow, First Nature, Second Nature, Yangtze River Delta
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.6 No.11,
November
22,
2016
ABSTRACT: The metropolitan
area is an important carrier to enhance regional innovation capacity and soft power.
There are always some imbalances in the dynamic process of regional development,
for example, the metropolitan “lamp shadow” phenomenon. In this paper, we take the
first nature and the second nature as research perspectives and construct a theoretical
framework to analyze the “lamp shadow” phenomenon by using the gravity model and
the new economic geography theory. Then we analyze the cause and the intrinsic mechanism
of “lamp shadow” phenomenon in terms of increasing returns, population migration
and transportation cost. Ultimately, a guiding strategy is proposed, based on a
case study on the megalopolis in Shanghai and Nanjing from Yangtze River Delta,
on how to ease the “lamp shadow” phenomenon by means of integrated transportation
and upgrading metropolitan radiation force.