简介:Basedonthespatialeconomytheoryandtheexploratoryspatialdataanalysis(ESDA)technology,thispa-perstudiesthespace-timedynamicsofregionalpercapitaGDPintheYangtzeDelta.Asampleof74regionsintheYangtzeDeltaovertheperiodof1994to2004providesclearevidenceofglobalandlocalspatialautocorrelationaswellasspatialheterogeneityinthedistributionofregionalpercapitaGDP.Thedynamismofregionsisinvestigatedbyexploringthespatialpatternofregionalgrowth,comparedwiththatbefore1997,theeconomicgrowthdisparitiesamongShanghai,ZhejiangandJiangsuprovinceshavedecreased,sohavetheinsideregionsofZhejiangProvince,whileitisoppositetotheinsideregionsofJiangsuProvince.