Abstract
The construction of subcenters is considered an effective measure to solve the diseases in big cities and improve urban competitiveness. China takes the planning and construction of the Beijing urban subcenter as a major national decision-making deployment. Therefore, the establishment of a scientific and reliable evaluation index system for the urban subcenter is of great significance to the public sector to diagnose urban problems and improve urban performance management. Under the guidance of system theory, this paper establishes the governance evaluation index system of the Beijing subcenter based on the five subsystems: economic subsystem, social subsystem, cultural subsystem, ecological subsystem, and administrative subsystem, and 29 secondary indicators. After comprehensively examining the panel data of the overall Beijing urban system during the construction of the subcenter (2010–2019), the entropy method is used to objectively assign the value of the Beijing urban subcenter (Tongzhou District), and it is compared with other 15 municipal districts. The derivation of the development dynamic evolution of the Beijing urban subcenter is completed through the geospatial visualization and the linear regression fitting. It is found that the comprehensive index of urban subcenter governance in Beijing shows an upward trend year by year and has developed by leaps and bounds under the promotion of the central policy. Driven by Beijing’s subcenter strategy, the development model of the whole of Beijing has moved from a typical center diffusion model to a dual center to a subcenter and even a diversified development pattern. This paper proposes to lead urban development with the concept of high-quality development, adhere to innovation-driven, improve urban comprehensive carrying capacity through urban software and hardware construction, and realize regional coordinated development on a larger spatial scale.
Highlights
Urbanization is a remarkable feature of the 21st century
To analyze and comprehensively compare the evolution of Beijing’s urban subcenter over the years, this paper constructed panel data, which were selected from the regional span of 16 municipal districts in Beijing and the time span from 2010 to 2019. e source of the original data was Beijing Regional Statistical Yearbook from 2010 to 2019, and the time-series panel data used in the final analysis was calculated and sorted out according to the specific connotation of the indicators
Based on the geographical visualization analysis in the above part, we find that the development speed of Tongzhou District shows a nonuniform growth
Summary
Urbanization is a remarkable feature of the 21st century. Urbanization has brought about a higher quality of life and brought about serious big city diseases. e construction of the subcenter is considered to be an effective measure to solve the problems of big cities [1]. Promoting the high-quality development of Beijing urban subcenter objectively requires the establishment of a scientific and reasonable evaluation index system. Wang and Xia constructed 49 secondlevel indicators including culture and education, environmental protection, medical and health care, landscaping, infrastructure, and social security from the functional perspective of government providing public goods based on public management theory. From the perspective of research objects, most of the existing studies are comparative analyses at the level of urban governance in national central cities, while few evaluate and analyze the level of governance in urban subcenters, which has relatively new connotations and functions. Based on the subsystem understanding of the Beijing subcenter governance under the guidance of system theory, this paper constructs the evaluation index system of the Beijing subcenter governance following the principles of value guidance, scientific reliability, data availability, and applicable comparability. Erefore, under the background of China’s “five-in-one” overall layout and new development concept, it is necessary
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