Advantages evaluation of integrating administrative and functional zones based on Island political location potential theory: A case study of the Zhoushan Archipelago New Area in China

• Linhan Shao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linhan Shao, Tingting Xu, Kaiyong Wang, Yufan Chen

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Ningbo University Donghai Academy, Zhejiang Ocean Development Think Tank Alliance, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Department of Geography and Spatial Information Techniques, Zhejiang Collaborative Innovation Center & Ningbo Universities Collaborative Innovation Center for Land and Marine Spatial Utilization and Governance Research, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• Tingting Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linhan Shao, Tingting Xu, Kaiyong Wang, Yufan Chen

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Spatial Information Techniques, Zhejiang Collaborative Innovation Center & Ningbo Universities Collaborative Innovation Center for Land and Marine Spatial Utilization and Governance Research, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

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• Kaiyong Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linhan Shao, Tingting Xu, Kaiyong Wang, Yufan Chen

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Yufan Chen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Linhan Shao, Tingting Xu, Kaiyong Wang, Yufan Chen

  Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chenyufan@nbu.edu.cn (YC)

  Affiliations Ningbo University Donghai Academy, Zhejiang Ocean Development Think Tank Alliance, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, Department of Geography and Spatial Information Techniques, Zhejiang Collaborative Innovation Center & Ningbo Universities Collaborative Innovation Center for Land and Marine Spatial Utilization and Governance Research, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2669-3605

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