Coupling coordination of industrial parks and industrial clusters in Hexi Corridor and their spatial correlation analysis

Abstract

With Hexi Corridor as the study case, this study established an evaluation index system for the development of the industrial parks and industrial clusters, and used the coupling coordination model and exploratory spatial data analysis method (ESDA) to explore the evolution and spatial correlation of the coupling coordination between the industrial park and industrial clusters in Hexi Corridor from 2005 to 2017. It is found that from 2005 to 2017, the industrial parks and industrial clusters has shown closer correlations; despite the high level of coordination, the degree of coupling remains low; the Hexi Corridor has not yet developed a growth engine for the coordinated development of the industrial parks and the clusters, and there is no county-level industrial entities that have strong stimulating power. Given the requirements of the current industrial agglomeration model for regional innovation capabilities, this study proposes suggestions for coordinated development of industrial parks and industrial clusters in Hexi Corridor.