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- Title
Walled cities and urban density in China.
- Authors
Du, Rui; Zhang, Junfu
- Abstract
We analyse a sample of nearly 300 prefectural‐level cities in China, among which about half historically had city walls. We document that cities that had walls in late imperial China have higher population and employment density today, despite that their walls have long gone. Using data from various sources, we test whether a historically walled city's higher density can be explained by a historical urban core, a different industry composition, a different local geography, a compact urban shape, or more valuable rural land in surrounding areas. We find that historically walled cities still have higher density after taking into account all of these factors, which we interpret as evidence of economic persistence.
- Subjects
CHINA; URBAN density; POPULATION density; ASSET management accounts
- Publication
Papers in Regional Science, 2019, Vol 98, Issue 3, p1517
- ISSN
1056-8190
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pirs.12415