The Evolution of the Urban Residential Space Structure and Driving Forces in the Megacity—A Case Study of Shenyang City

He Sun, Xueming Li, Yingying Guan, Shenzhen Tian and He Liu
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He Sun: School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
Xueming Li: School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
Yingying Guan: School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
Shenzhen Tian: School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China
He Liu: School of Geography, Liaoning Normal University, Dalian 116029, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-19

Abstract: For megacities, they are in a period of transformation from extensive development to smart growth. Recognizing new characteristics and new changes of the residential space in megacities under the backdrop of new development has great practical significance for realizing the sustainable development of the city. As the only megacity in Northeast China, Shenyang was selected to be the research object, with 1989–2018 as the research period. The research comprehensively used multiple spatial representation methods and statistical methods to study the residential space pattern and driving factors in Shenyang City. The results showed that: (1) Residential space expansion can be divided into four stages: slow development, rapid expansion, speedy expansion, and stable extension. (2) The residential space structure presented a spatial evolution characteristic of overall expansion, forming multiple secondary core density centers. The east-west direction had a larger extension range than the northeast-southwest direction. There was an axisymmetric zonal distribution on both sides of the Hun River. (3) The agglomeration of different residential forms was obvious, and the spatial heterogeneity was increasingly stronger. (4) Urban planning measures and economic strength were the main driving forces of residential space expansion.

Keywords: residential space; structural evolution; multiple linear regression analysis; Shenyang City (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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