Multi-sited Consumption in the Greater Bay Area: The Interplay of National Policies, Consumer Behaviours, and Urban Amenity Transformation

作者：Xiangyi Li, Zeyu Gong · 发表于：China Perspectives · 年份：2024 · DOI：10.4000/130gu · 被引用次数：1 · 研究领域：Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies、Urban Transport and Accessibility、Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis

This study examines the phenomenon of multi-sited consumption within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and investigates the interplay of national policies, individual consumer behaviours, and the evolving urban landscape in this region by proposing the analytical concepts of multi-sited consumption and urban cluster amenities. Drawing on qualitative interviews and secondary data, this research finds that macro-level efforts, such as regional economic integration, improved infrastructure, and streamlined border controls, increase cross-border mobilities which facilitate multi-sited consumption. Moreover, driven by the desires for cost-effectiveness, scarcity, and uniqueness, GBA residents increasingly engage in multi-sited consumption. Lastly, we find that the interactions between macro-level strategies and aggregated micro-level consumer behaviours have led to meso-level transformations, such as the redistribution and specialisation of urban cluster amenities across the GBA. These findings offer insights into the recent and ongoing shifting urban hierarchies in the GBA and highlight the broader implications of multi-sited consumption for regional economic integration.