Urban networks among Chinese cities along "the Belt and Road": A case of web search activity in cyberspace.

ABSTRACT: "The Belt and Road" initiative has been expected to facilitate interactions among numerous city centers. This initiative would generate a number of centers, both economic and political, which would facilitate greater interaction. To explore how information flows are merged and the specific opportunities that may be offered, Chinese cities along "the Belt and Road" are selected for a case study. Furthermore, urban networks in cyberspace have been characterized by their infrastructure orientation, which implies that there is a relative dearth of studies focusing on the investigation of urban hierarchies by capturing information flows between Chinese cities along "the Belt and Road". This paper employs Baidu, the main web search engine in China, to examine urban hierarchies. The results show

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714330 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature