Analysis of the spatial social and economic relationship between Shanghai central and peripheral areas

With the development of urbanization, do central and peripheral areas of big cities in China eliminate segmentation of dualistic structure? It is the question that this passage mainly discusses. First of all, the passage takes Shanghai as the example, shows four stages of urban-rural development and analyzes the relationship of socioeconomic development between Shanghai central and peripheral areas nowadays. According to a great deal of surveys and the application of the factor analysis, the economic and social development of Shanghai periphery lags behind that of center, especially in terms of economic development. In addition, the whole development level falls as the spatial distance to the center increases. Furthermore, the panel data shows that industrial development can narrow the gap between central and peripheral areas. Moreover, second industry is critical to the urban-rural development and only by flourishing secondary industry in peripheral areas can the tertiary industry in central areas promote economic development.