Inter-Metropolitan Land-Price Characteristics and Patterns in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Urban Agglomeration in China

Can Li, Yu Meng, Yingkui Li, Jingfeng Ge and Chaoran Zhao
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Can Li: College of Resource and Environmental Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Yu Meng: College of Resource and Environmental Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Yingkui Li: Department of Geography, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Jingfeng Ge: College of Resource and Environmental Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China
Chaoran Zhao: College of Resource and Environmental Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 17, 1-29

Abstract: The continuous expansion of urban areas in China has increased cohesion and synergy among cities. As a result, the land price in an urban area is not only affected by the city’s own factors, but also by its interaction with nearby cities. Understanding the characteristics, types, and patterns of urban interaction is of critical importance in regulating the land market and promoting coordinated regional development. In this study, we integrated a gravity model with an improved Voronoi diagram model to investigate the gravitational characteristics, types of action, gravitational patterns, and problems of land market development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration region based on social, economic, transportation, and comprehensive land-price data from 2017. The results showed that the gravitational value of land prices for Beijing, Tianjin, Langfang, and Tangshan cities (11.24–63.35) is significantly higher than that for other cities (0–6.09). The gravitational structures are closely connected for cities around Beijing and Tianjin, but loosely connected for peripheral cities. Further, various types of radiation, conduction, and convection actions exist in relation to urban land prices. In terms of gravitational patterns, the range of influence of land prices is not limited to the administrative boundaries of each city. Five clusters of urban land prices can be identified based on the gravitational structure. The land-price gravity value of the city cluster around Beijing accounted for 66.4% of the total. The polarizing effect of land-price levels and influence is clearly evident in Beijing and Tianjin, while a lock-in effect is evident in Xingtai and Handan in the south of the region.

Keywords: city land price; gravitational model; Voronoi diagram model; gravitational pattern; Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomeration in China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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