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THE EVOLVING GEOGRAPHY OF CHINA'S INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR POLLUTION DYNAMICS AND URBAN QUALITY OF LIFE
Author(s) -
Zheng Siqi,
Sun Cong,
Qi Ye,
Kahn Matthew E.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of economic surveys
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.657
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1467-6419
pISSN - 0950-0804
DOI - 10.1111/joes.12063
Subject(s) - deindustrialization , industrialisation , china , urbanization , economic geography , production (economics) , work (physics) , economics , industrial production , government (linguistics) , geography , economic growth , economy , market economy , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , keynesian economics , engineering , macroeconomics
China's rapid economic growth has been fueled by industrialization and urbanization. Given its export focus, this industrialization was spatially concentrated in the coastal eastern cities. Over the last decade, a spatial transformation has taken place leading to a deindustrialization of the rich coastal cities and sharp industrial growth in the inland cities. This survey examines recent work that studies the economic geography of industrial production, pollution, and quality of life in China's cities. We focus on the interaction between firms, local governments, and the central government that together determine the new economic geography of industry and pollution within China.