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Coupling dynamics and feedback mechanisms between ecosystem service flows and socio-economic systems in the loess plateau 黄土高原生态系统服务流与社会经济系统耦合动态及反馈机制

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103762

Binyao Han , Hao Wang , Zhuangzhuang Wang , Le Hui , Yongqiang Xia , Jiamin Liu , Liwei Zhang , Lei Jiao , Ying Luo

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Who you are versus where you are: Revealing the importance of determinants of within-city income inequality in China through an interpretable machine learning approach 你是谁与你在哪里：通过可解释的机器学习方法揭示中国城市内收入不平等决定因素的重要性

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103759

Zuge Xing , Canfei He , Jiale Lin , Yuxin Pan

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High-speed railway and city industrial upgrading in China: A quasi-experimental study 高铁与中国城市产业升级：准实验研究

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103757

Yibo Qiao , Andrea Ascani

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Impact assessment and driving mechanisms of grading and weight distribution methods on spatial zoning 分级和权重分配方法对空间分区的影响评价及驱动机制

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103758

Fangxin Chen , Yurui Li , Yansui Liu

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Coca cultivation and deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon: A multiscale analysis using spatial regression models 秘鲁亚马逊地区的古柯种植和森林砍伐：使用空间回归模型的多尺度分析

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103742

Hernán Manrique , Fabio Castro-Llanos , Anton van Rompaey , Olivier Honnay

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An assessment framework of amenities and its impact on population patterns in China's border cities 中国边境城市便利设施评估框架及其对人口格局的影响

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103739

Jing Guan , Zhouying Song , Weidong Liu

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Land abandonment as an indicator of Ukrainian agricultural resilience during Russia's war against Ukraine 在俄罗斯对乌克兰的战争中，土地遗弃是乌克兰农业恢复力的一个指标

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103744

Sarah Hartman , Rachel Whiteside , Anatoliy Smaliychuk , Iryna Dronova

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Urban and regional economic resilience: a manufacturing supply chain network perspective 城市和区域经济弹性：制造业供应链网络的视角

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103741

Kaile Jiang , Shuangbo Liang , Fuping Wang , Xiao Tu , Ling Zhou , Yao Liu

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Driving uneven development: The emerging geography of India's electric vehicle transition 推动不平衡发展：印度电动汽车转型的新兴地理

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103724

Gregory F. Randolph , Sabina Dewan

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Mapping the journey: Tracing the complete relocation trajectories of high-tech firms in the Pearl River Delta, China 绘制旅程：追踪中国珠江三角洲高科技企业的完整搬迁轨迹

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Applied Geography Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103740

Yuman Feng , Zhicong Ye , Li Ma , Fengjun Jin

{"title":"Mapping the journey: Tracing the complete relocation trajectories of high-tech firms in the Pearl River Delta, China","authors":"Yuman Feng , Zhicong Ye , Li Ma , Fengjun Jin","doi":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103740","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apgeog.2025.103740","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the era of the knowledge economy, the relocation processes of high-tech firms are crucial for understanding the driving forces behind the spatial flow and reorganization of innovation resources. However, existing literature primarily focused on one-time relocation events of large manufacturing enterprises, failing to uncover the evolving mechanisms and patterns during the firm’s growth. This study aims to fill this gap by proposing an analytical framework for tracking the complete relocation trajectories of high-tech firms from three key perspectives: urbanization economies, agglomeration economies, and place-based policy factors. Taking the case of China’s rapidly prosperous Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, we construct the database on high-tech firm relocations to identify relocation characteristics, mechanisms and spatial patterns. The findings indicate that (1) 45 % of high-tech firms in PRD experienced relocation, with 22 % undergoing multiple relocation processes; the average duration of relocation increases with the number of relocations, and the relocation rate follows a logarithmic relationship with firm age. (2) The relocation distribution gradually spread outward from both sides of the Pearl River, forming a “core-periphery” pattern, with hot spots concentrated in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan, and Zhuhai. (3) From the perspective of spatial association, the analysis reveals that firm relocation patterns include migrations within urbanization areas, between industrial agglomerations, and across regions outside special economic zones. Also, it reveals that high-tech firms have the relocation path of expanding toward the urban periphery, correctively returning to industrial agglomerations and progressive upgrading in policy spaces during firm’s life cycle.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48396,"journal":{"name":"Applied Geography","volume":"183 ","pages":"Article 103740"},"PeriodicalIF":5.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144750189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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