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Journal of Chinese

Architecture and Urbanism

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Investigating the non-equilibrium in

territorial space utilization benefits of urban
agglomerations under new urbanization: A

case study of the Pearl River Delta of China

Yifan Bai , Jiayue Xun , and Gaofeng Xu *
2
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1 Department of Urban and Rural Planning, School of Architecture, South China University of
Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
2 Department of Urban and Rural Planning, School of Architecture and Design, Beijing Jiaotong
University, Beijing, China
(This article belongs to Special Issue: Towards Urban-rural Integration: Theoretical and Practical
Innovations in China)

Abstract
*Corresponding author:
Gaofeng Xu The National Development and Reform Commission’s 14 5-year Plan for
th
(gfxu@bjtu.edu.cn) New Urbanization aims to enhance the integrated development of urban
Citation: Bai, Y., Xun, J., & agglomerations and promote coordinated growth among large, medium, and
Xu, G. (2025). Investigating small cities to improve the comprehensive development capacity of urban
the non-equilibrium in territorial
space utilization benefits of agglomerations. This study examines the systemic coupling and coordination
urban agglomerations under new of land use benefits and the concept of balanced territorial space utilization.
urbanization: A case study of the A comprehensive evaluation index system is constructed, employing the coupling
Pearl River Delta of China. Journal
of Chinese Architecture and coordination degree model and the land development imbalance index model
Urbanism, 7(1): 3720. to assess both the comprehensive benefits of land use and the balance of land
https://doi.org/10.36922/jcau.3720 development in the nine cities of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration in
Received: May 20, 2024 2019. The findings are as follows: (i) Shenzhen has the largest territorial space
1st revised: July 22, 2024 development scale, with minor differences indicating balanced development;
(ii) the territorial space development scale and urban economic benefits in the
2nd revised: August 1, 2024 Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration are generally in a coordinated development
Accepted: August 20, 2024 stage. While Guangzhou and Shenzhen exhibit lagging input, the other cities
Published online: November 15, demonstrate lagging output; and (iii) there is an extreme imbalance in territorial
2024 space development. Based on these findings, the study recommends the following:
(i) maintain coordinated development between territorial space development
Copyright: © 2024 Author(s).
This is an open-access article scale and urban economic benefits by adjusting inputs and outputs across
distributed under the terms of the different cities to control land development intensity and enhance the economic
Creative Commons Attribution- output of land; and (ii) for cities facing overdevelopment, prioritize improving
Non-Commercial 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits all urban land supply capacity, control the expansion of construction land, and
non-commercial use, distribution, explore the redevelopment of existing land; for cities facing underdevelopment,
and reproduction in any medium, provide preferential access to construction land quotas to support efficient land
provided the original work is
properly cited. development.
Publisher’s Note: AccScience
Publishing remains neutral with Keywords: New urbanization; Territorial space development; Urban economic benefit;
regard to jurisdictional claims in
published maps and institutional Land supply capacity; The Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration
affiliations.

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