Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

LI Yingcheng; Nicholas A. PHELPS

doi:10.1007/s11769-018-0944-8

Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-018-0944-8

LI Yingcheng^1,2,,
Nicholas A. PHELPS²

1.
School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
2.
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

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通讯作者:
LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

LI Yingcheng^{1,2
,},
Nicholas A. PHELPS²

1.
School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;
2.
Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

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Corresponding author: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

摘要: In this paper, we reconsider the defining but often overlooked ‘hinge’ function of megalopolises by analyzing how megalopolises have articulated national and international urban systems in the context of a globalizing knowledge economy. Taking the case of China's Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region, we particularly focus on knowledge circulation within and beyond the YRD region by analyzing the pattern and process of knowledge collaboration at different geographical scales during the 2004-2014 period. Results show that the structure of scientific knowledge collaboration as reflected by co-publications has been strongest at the national scale whereas that of technological knowledge collaboration as measured by co-patents has been strongest at the global scale. Despite this difference, the structure of both scientific and technological knowledge collaboration has been functionally polycentric at the megalopolitan scale but become less so at the national and global scales. The ‘globally connected but locally disconnected’ pattern of Shanghai's external knowledge collaboration suggests that the gateway role of the YRD megalopolis in promoting knowledge collaboration at different geographical scales will take time before it is fully realized.
- urban network /
- publication /
- patent /
- scale /
- gateway /
- Yangtze River Delta (YRD)
Abstract: In this paper, we reconsider the defining but often overlooked ‘hinge’ function of megalopolises by analyzing how megalopolises have articulated national and international urban systems in the context of a globalizing knowledge economy. Taking the case of China's Yangtze River Delta (YRD) region, we particularly focus on knowledge circulation within and beyond the YRD region by analyzing the pattern and process of knowledge collaboration at different geographical scales during the 2004-2014 period. Results show that the structure of scientific knowledge collaboration as reflected by co-publications has been strongest at the national scale whereas that of technological knowledge collaboration as measured by co-patents has been strongest at the global scale. Despite this difference, the structure of both scientific and technological knowledge collaboration has been functionally polycentric at the megalopolitan scale but become less so at the national and global scales. The ‘globally connected but locally disconnected’ pattern of Shanghai's external knowledge collaboration suggests that the gateway role of the YRD megalopolis in promoting knowledge collaboration at different geographical scales will take time before it is fully realized.
- urban network /
- publication /
- patent /
- scale /
- gateway /
- Yangtze River Delta (YRD)

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Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-018-0944-8

1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;

2. Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

通讯作者: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

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Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;

2. Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

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Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

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通讯作者: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

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Corresponding author: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

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Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

doi: 10.1007/s11769-018-0944-8

1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; 2. Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

通讯作者: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

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Articulating China's Science and Technology: Knowledge Collaboration Networks Within and Beyond the Yangtze River Delta Megalopolis in China

1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China; 2. Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

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LI Yingcheng.E-mail:happylych@163.com

1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;

2. Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom

1. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China;

2. Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, United Kingdom