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- Title
A Research on the Intra-Regional Accessibility and Economic Development in the Cardiff City Region.
- Authors
Guoyan ZHOU; Menglin TAN; Xinyan ZHANG
- Abstract
This paper investigates the relationship between intra-regional accessibility and economic development within the Cardiff City Region. Embracing the Capital City of Cardiff and its hinterland, this region is regarded as the economically most important one in Wales, and the key driver of Wale's current and future economic prosperity. Therefore, it is a significant problem how to fully realize its economic potential and its national role, and it is also controversial whether poor intra-regional accessibility is the biggest barrier to its further growth. This has been debated for years and provoked great research interest. By using a qualitative methodology, the paper identifies that intra-regional accessibility is necessary, though not sufficient, for economic growth. It is necessary since it can increase the productivity of economic activities and influence the firms' location behavior, based on which this paper proposes some recommendations for economic development.
- Subjects
CARDIFF (Wales); ECONOMIC development; RURAL development -- Government policy
- Publication
China City Planning Review, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 4, p16
- ISSN
1002-8447
- Publication type
Article