Spatializing the emerging geography of urban system in China

• Verfasst von: Zou, Lin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Guoqing, Lyu [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zhu, Yi-Wen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Simin, Yan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Xumin, Zhang [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Spatializing the emerging geography of urban system in China
• Titelzusatz: based on live streaming commerce
• Verf.angabe: Zou Lin, Lyu Guoqing, Zhu Yiwen, Yan Simin, Zhang Xumin
• E-Jahr: 2023
• Jahr: December 2023
• Umfang: 13 S.
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Online verfügbar: 16. Oktober 2023 ; Gesehen am 01.12.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Cities
• Ort Quelle: Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier Science, 1983
• Jahr Quelle: 2023
• Band/Heft Quelle: 143(2023) vom: Dez., Artikel-ID 104613, Seite 1-13
• ISSN Quelle: 0264-2751
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.cities.2023.104613
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: China
• Sach-SW: Emerging urban system
• Sach-SW: Intermediary city
• Sach-SW: Live streaming commerce (LSC)
• K10plus-PPN: 1871785510

Abstract

Although live streaming commerce (LSC) has become a daily phenomenon in the digital economy, its spatial impact is still not yet fully understood. LSC is typical online-offline producer-customer intermediation type of the platform urbanism. Based on unique data from Huitun on the LSC activities in Taobao (Alibaba), we trace how digital streamers/platform with their own geographies connect suppliers with customers from different regions. Most digital streamers are located in urban areas, so they form a kind of urban intermediation among different regions. We argue that digital streamers, product suppliers, and customers form new urban systems because of their relational work and intermediation. We also show how intermediary cities emerge and change their positions in the new urban system. We demonstrate that retail is no longer based on the traditional service radius within a city but on a function of the intermediation of customers and suppliers from different regions. Finally, we provide evidence indicating that market access, transport infrastructure, and market consumption capacity are important factors that help explain such positions.