深港边界地区的尺度重组研究——以前海地区为例

RESCALING PROCESS IN BORDER REGIONS WITHIN HONGKONG AND SHENZHEN:A CASE STUDY OF QIANHAI AREA

借助政治经济学中常用的尺度理论,对香港与深圳之间逐渐成为热点的边界地区进行研究。首先分析在香港与珠三角地区跨界互动的不同阶段中得到显著发展的边界地区的历史演变特征,再以深港边界间的前海地区为例,探讨其地域重构与尺度重组的形成机制和演变动力。改革开放以来珠三角地区基于进入国家战略或世界体系的目的进行了多轮尺度重组,影响了不同时期、不同类型边界地区的发展特征。目前一些边界地区已成为地方政府进行资本与空间修复的主要载体,其根本动力是巨大的制度红利以及政府的主导推动。这与欧盟国家通过尺度上移和下放逐渐弱化政府力量的手段有较大区别,而边界地区推动区域协调以及尺度重组的能力也需进一步论证。

This paper concerns the border regions that have already been the development hotspot within Hong Kong and Shenzhen, based on the scale theory that is often used in some Western scholars＇ researches. Firstly, it presents a brief analysis on the historical evolution of these border regions in the background of the interaction between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta Region （the PRDR）. Then it examines the formation mechanism and the evolution dynamics of the territorial restructuring and rescaling processes of these regions, using the Qianhai Area as a typical case. The study shows that, since China＇s Reform and Opening-up Policy, there have been several prominent rounds of rescaling process within Hong Kong and the PRDR, primarily dominated by the governments in the PRDR. At present, some border regions have become the main tools for ＂capital and spatial fix＂ applied by local governments. These border regions can therefore be regard- ed as a result of the long-time institutional accumulation of the PRDR. The adjustment of the scalar structure dominated by the local governments provided the ＂capital fix＂ with a physical framework, promoting the flow of capital and enabling the Shenzhen governments continually to obtain the surplus value, which further promoted the position of the PRDR in the global capital chain. During this process, the fundamental driver of these rounds of rescaling process is the huge institutional dividend and the impetus from the government, as well as the involvement of some higher class government.