生产性服务业视角下的城市网络构建研究进展

随着经济全球化的深入和信息技术的发展, 生产性服务业已成为地区经济增长的主要动力和产品创新的重要源泉, 其在城市网络构建中的重要作用日益受到学术界的关注。通过城市网络不同研究载体的梳理发现, 生产性服务业视角下城市网络的研究已成为西方城市研究领域的重要前沿。生产性服务业集聚与城市等级的密切关联性是城市网络构建的重要基础, 网络构建的作用力包括生产性服务业的行业属性、企业的组织结构以及城市发展的自身条件。通过对网络构建模型、网络特征和网络动态演化的综述可以发现, 生产性服务业的布局对于解释全球化和信息化影响下的中国城市网络是适用的, 但国内的研究多集中于方法的引介, 对于内在机制和演化机理关注较少。随着全球产业分工细化, 中国不再仅仅承担制造业功能, 生产性服务业已开始大规模集聚, 国内生产性服务业视角下城市网络的系统研究刚刚起步, 亟待加强。

Research progress in urban network construction from the perspective of producer services industry

With the accelerated development of globalization and the revolutionary advances of information technology, advanced producer services (APS) have become the main driving force of the region's economic growth and an important source of product innovation, and its positive role in the construction of urban network has gained extensive attention from scholars at home and abroad. By systemically analyzing the changes of the urban network research carrier, it can be found that the layout behavior of the producer services enterprises provides an important breakthrough point for the world's city network research. Meanwhile, due to the advantages of the relational data access, urban network construction from the perspective of producer services industry has become an important frontier of city research in the western countries. On the whole, the close correlation between the producer services aggregation and city level is an important foundation of network construction based on producer services, the acting forces of network construction includes the industry attributes of producer services, location selection of the producer services enterprise, and urban development conditions, such as innovative elements, technical facilities, etc. Through the detailed studies of network construction models, the network features, and the dynamic evolution, it can be found that the layout of producer services industry can be applied to the interpretation of urban network in China under the impact of globalization and informatization. Domestic scholars have recognized its importance, and current researches are focused on introducing the method, rather than being concerned with intrinsic mechanisms and evolution characteristics. As the division of labor in global industries deepens, China no longer just plays a role in manufacturing; the country's producer services will start to cluster in large scales. Domestic research on urban network based on producer services just started, and should be strengthened. Based on practical needs, this paper further proposes directions for future research. With China's more active participation in globalization, the theoretical framework of urban network based on producer services need to be established, the systematic studies of urban network based on producer services at regional level is certainly insufficient, and the driving mechanisms and future trends of the urban network require in-depth investigations.