Connecting the 'Workshop of the World': Intra- and Extra-Service Networks of the Pearl River Delta City-Region

Xu Zhang and Robert C. Kloosterman

Regional Studies, 2016, vol. 50, issue 6, 1069-1081

Abstract: Z hang X. and K loosterman R. C. Connecting the 'workshop of the world': intra- and extra-service networks of the Pearl River Delta city-region, Regional Studies . Most research on globalization and city-regions in developing countries has focused on manufacturing activities, disregarding the considerable growth of producer services. Drawing on the Interlocking Network Model, this article presents a first analysis of the intra- and extra-service networks of the Pearl River Delta city-region in China. The central question is how cities in the Pearl River Delta are (re)positioned in the regional urban networks and which national and global cities are their major external connections in the service economy. The result reveals a new pattern of producer-services-led development that differs from the former industrialization experience in the region.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.962492

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