Effects of Institutions on Spatial Patterns of Manufacturing Industries and Policy Implications in Metropolitan Areas: A Case Study of Wuhan, China

Min Zhou, Man Yuan, Yaping Huang and Kaixuan Lin
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Min Zhou: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215000, China
Man Yuan: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Yaping Huang: School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
Kaixuan Lin: Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning and Design Institute of Yangtze Delta Branch, Suzhou 215000, China

Land, 2021, vol. 10, issue 7, 1-16

Abstract: Manufacturing space is a spatial system that combines the interaction between capital and institutions at the enterprise, industry, and spatial levels. It is also an important functional type that promotes the spatial evolution of big cities. Most studies focus on the effects of a single institutional type on the manufacturing space of big cities and lack systematic and complete exploration of the institutional mechanism. Current empirical research on typical industrial cities in China is insufficient. This study uses a GIS spatial analysis technique and a Poisson regression model to analyze the mechanism by which institutions have influenced the spatial patterns of manufacturing industries in the Wuhan metropolitan area since the 1990s. The results show that land policy, development zone policy, urban planning, transportation strategy, and eco-environmental policy all have a significant impact on the restructuring process and distribution pattern of the manufacturing industries through incentives and constraints. This study expands our understanding of the influence mechanism of manufacturing spatial patterns and proposes spatial guiding strategies and policy implications for the spatial transformation of urban manufacturing.

Keywords: institution; manufacturing industries; spatial pattern; metropolitan area; China (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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