Author(s)

Fuyun Zhu, Xinping Wang

School of Economics and Management, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, China.

Digital economy is a key force to promote the high-quality development of Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration. Based on the digital economy development indexes of 11 cities in the Guanzhong Plain city cluster in 2012, 2016 and 2020, this study applies the modified gravity model to measure the degree of spatial connectivity within the city cluster and analyzes the network spatial structure of the digital economy in the Guanzhong Plain from the perspectives of centrality, linkage intensity and linkage density by combining the social network analysis method. Finally, this study conducts QAP empirical research on the impacts of the digital economy in 2020. The results found that: the digital economy network structure of Guanzhong Plain is stable, and the cities of Xi’an and Baoji have a stronger digital economy radiation effect; the cohesive subgroups have a poor clustering effect; the city GDP, scientific and technological innovation, and the strength of governmental support are the important factors influencing the spatial structure of the digital economy of the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration.

Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration, Digital Economy, Spatial Structure

Zhu, F. and Wang, X. (2023) Research on the Evolution of the Spatial Structure of the Digital Economy and the Influencing Factors of the Guanzhong Plain Urban Agglomeration. Open Journal of Business and Management, 11, 2609-2632. doi: 10.4236/ojbm.2023.115143.