RESEARCH ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HINTERWORLD OF THE GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-MACAO GREATER BAY AREA BASED ON VENTURE CAPITAL FLOWS

LU Qin, YE Yu-yao, XU Ji-li, LI Yuan-jun, WU Kang-min

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3) : 69-78,163.

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2026, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (3) : 69-78,163. DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2026.03.007
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RESEARCH ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HINTERWORLD OF THE GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-MACAO GREATER BAY AREA BASED ON VENTURE CAPITAL FLOWS

  • LU Qin1, YE Yu-yao2, XU Ji-li3, LI Yuan-jun3, WU Kang-min3
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Cross-regional risk activities reflect the economic linkages between regions, and the urban networks they construct provide a unique perspective for identifying inter-city relationships in flow spaces. This study uses the national venture capital data from 2000 to 2018 to construct a city network, uses two methods:absolute correlation and relative correlation to identify the hinterworld scope and spatial evolution pattern of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and summarizes the spatial evolution characteristics of the hinterworld of the Greater Bay Area based on venture capital flow. The results show that: 1) In terms of urban network, the total correlation and network correlation degree of cities in China show an obvious gradient pattern, and the urban network development is more perfect. 2) In terms of hinterworld, the number and spatial scope of the hinterworld in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area showed an expanding trend, but the scope of the core hinterworld did not change much, concentrated in the adjacent areas south of the Yangtze River Basin, showing the characteristics of fragmented distribution, high overlap, proximity and marginalization; 2) The spatial pattern and evolution of the hinterworld in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area mainly present two static characteristics: distance attenuation and spatial heterogeneity, and two dynamic evolution characteristics: regional contiguity and expansion of the competitive hinterworld.

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Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area / venture capital / urban network linkages / network hinterworld patterns / evolutionary characteristics

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LU Qin, YE Yu-yao, XU Ji-li, LI Yuan-jun, WU Kang-min. RESEARCH ON THE IDENTIFICATION AND EVOLUTION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HINTERWORLD OF THE GUANGDONG-HONG KONG-MACAO GREATER BAY AREA BASED ON VENTURE CAPITAL FLOWS[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 2026, 41(3): 69-78,163 https://doi.org/10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2026.03.007

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