The Spatial Structure and the Competition Pattern of the Container Port System of China
Received date: 2003-12-16
Revised date: 2004-05-20
Online published: 2004-11-25
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.40171023; The Key Project of the Ministry of Education, No.03058
In this paper, two mathematic models are used to measure the spatial structure and the competition pattern of the coastal container port system of China from 1992 to 2001. Shift-share analyses reveal some characteristics for the competition pattern of the coastal container port system of China: (1) Both between (inter) and within (intra) the different port ranges, the net volumes of the shift effects are very notable. (2) In competition, the Pearl River Delta container port ranges are all along superiorior; the around the Bohai Sea container port range is throughout inferior; the Changjiang River Delta container port range is relatively complicated. (3) From 1995 to 1998, Shanghai was one of the major winners interms of total shift, but in the other two periods, it lost some TEU. (4) Shenzhen and Ningbo ports have been the major winners interms of total shift since 1992.
CAO Youhui, LI Haijian, CHEN Wen . The Spatial Structure and the Competition Pattern of the Container Port System of China[J]. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2004 , 59(6) : 1020 -1027 . DOI: 10.11821/xb200406026
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