Fig 1.
Research process.
Fig 2.
Overview map of the study area: Yangtze River Delta, Yangtze River Middle Reaches, and Chengdu-Chongqing (orange).
Table 1.
Data sources.
Fig 3.
Fiscal revenue (blue), fiscal expenditure (red), and population size of urban agglomerations.
(a) Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. (b) Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. (c) Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. (d) Yangtze River Middle Reaches urban agglomeration. (e) Yangtze River Middle Reaches urban agglomeration. (f) Yangtze River Middle Reaches urban agglomeration. (g) Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration. (h) Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration. (i) Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration.
Fig 4.
Urban agglomeration efficiency and population size.
(a) Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. (b) Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. (c) Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration. (d) Yangtze River Middle Reaches urban agglomeration. (e) Yangtze River Middle Reaches urban agglomeration. (f) Yangtze River Middle Reaches urban agglomeration. (g) Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration. (h) Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration. (i) Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration.
Table 2.
Results of indicators related to the self-reliance of urban agglomeration.