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Table 9. Coupling and interpretation of territorial space development scale and urban economic benefit in the Pearl River Delta
urban agglomeration
City TD EB D Coordination ordering Type
Guangzhou 0.24 0.28 0.705 1 Medium-level coordinated development input lag type
Foshan 0.32 0.26 0.703 2 Medium-level coordinated development output lag type
Dongguan 0.41 0.33 0.703 2 Medium-level coordinated development output lag type
Zhuhai 0.26 0.20 0.702 4 Medium-level coordinated development output lag type
Zhongshan 0.24 0.18 0.701 5 Medium-level coordinated development output lag type
Shenzhen 0.57 1.00 0.681 6 Primary-level coordinated development input lag type
Huizhou 0.24 0.14 0.680 7 Primary-level coordinated development output lag type
Jiangmen 0.27 0.13 0.664 8 Primary-level coordinated development output lag type
Zhaoqing 0.31 0.10 0.607 9 Primary-level coordinated development output lag type
Notes: D: Degree of coupling coordination; EB: Urban economic benefit; TD: Territorial space development.

Figure 1. Territorial space development scale of the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration, 2019. Source: Drawing by the authors

utilization, economic benefits, and land supply capacity Regarding land supply capacity, there are significant
within the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration. The differences within the Pearl River Delta urban
territorial space development scale within the Pearl River agglomeration. The differences in per capita arable land are
Delta urban agglomeration is the largest in Shenzhen, small and uniformly low across cities. However, in terms
with only minor differences across the cities. Specifically, of water resources available per unit of land area, Jiangmen
Shenzhen and Dongguan exhibit higher proportions of stands out, whereas other cities have lower values. When
construction land and population density, while Zhaoqing both indicators are combined, Jiangmen, Zhaoqing, and
is smaller in these aspects. Conversely, their environmental Huizhou exhibit higher land supply capabilities, whereas
pressure indices show opposite trends. When these three Zhongshan ranks lower.
indicators are integrated, the territorial space development The territorial space development scale and urban
scale across the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration is economic benefit in the Pearl River Delta urban
relatively balanced. agglomeration are overall in a phase of coordinated

In terms of urban economic benefit, Shenzhen stands development, with minor differences in the coupling
out as the most significant, followed closely by Dongguan degree between the two aspects among cities. Shenzhen
and Guangzhou. The remaining cities exhibit lower but leads in both territorial space development scale and urban
more consistent economic benefits. economic benefit within the agglomeration, while the

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