Understanding the City Networks: An Analysis from China’s Inter-city Population Migration

IF 2 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI:10.1007/s12061-024-09621-7

Ping Gao, Wei Qi, Shenghe Liu, Xueqin Wang, Zehan Pan

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Population migration is one of the main ways to understand city relations and city networks. This study uses the 1% national population sample survey in 2015 and complex network analysis to reveal the structural characteristics of China’s inter-city population migration network. The results are presented as follows. Firstly, in a directionally weighted city network based on population migration, the functions and status of city nodes differ from previous studies. Among them, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Dongguan are clustering quintessential cities. Chongqing is a diffusing quintessential city. Important net in-migration and net out-migration cities tend to play the role of hub cities. Provincial capitals and above cities with prominent administrative functions tend to play the role of gateway cities. Secondly, the inter-city population migration network has the dual characteristics of ‘adjacent connection’ and ‘preferential connection’, and is dominated by ‘adjacent connection’, forming obvious clustered community structure, which reflects that location and distance still matter in city networks based on population migration. In addition, this study also found that the inter-city population migration networks are the spatial mapping of migrants’ social networks.

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期刊介绍： Description The journal has an applied focus: it actively promotes the importance of geographical research in real world settings It is policy-relevant: it seeks both a readership and contributions from practitioners as well as academics The substantive foundation is spatial analysis: the use of quantitative techniques to identify patterns and processes within geographic environments The combination of these points, which are fully reflected in the naming of the journal, establishes a unique position in the marketplace. RationaleA geographical perspective has always been crucial to the understanding of the social and physical organisation of the world around us. The techniques of spatial analysis provide a powerful means for the assembly and interpretation of evidence, and thus to address critical questions about issues such as crime and deprivation, immigration and demographic restructuring, retailing activity and employment change, resource management and environmental improvement. Many of these issues are equally important to academic research as they are to policy makers and Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy aims to close the gap between these two perspectives by providing a forum for discussion of applied research in a range of different contexts Topical and interdisciplinaryIncreasingly government organisations, administrative agencies and private businesses are requiring research to support their ‘evidence-based’ strategies or policies. Geographical location is critical in much of this work which extends across a wide range of disciplines including demography, actuarial sciences, statistics, public sector planning, business planning, economics, epidemiology, sociology, social policy, health research, environmental management. FocusApplied Spatial Analysis and Policy will draw on applied research from diverse problem domains, such as transport, policing, education, health, environment and leisure, in different international contexts. The journal will therefore provide insights into the variations in phenomena that exist across space, it will provide evidence for comparative policy analysis between domains and between locations, and stimulate ideas about the translation of spatial analysis methods and techniques across varied policy contexts. It is essential to know how to measure, monitor and understand spatial distributions, many of which have implications for those with responsibility to plan and enhance the society and the environment in which we all exist. Readership and Editorial BoardAs a journal focused on applications of methods of spatial analysis, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy will be of interest to scholars and students in a wide range of academic fields, to practitioners in government and administrative agencies and to consultants in private sector organisations. The Editorial Board reflects the international and multidisciplinary nature of the journal.