The impact of circulation network construction on urban resilience: evidence from the layout of circulation node cities in China
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- 1Key Laboratory of Data Science in Finance and Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, PR China
- 2School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, PR China
- 3Institute of Area Studies, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, PR China
- 4School of Economics and Management, Nanchang University, Nanchang, 330031, PR China; School of Digital Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, PR China; Corresponding author at: School of Digital Economics, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang, 330013, PR China.
Abstract
Against the backdrop of rising global economic uncertainty and increasingly frequent multidimensional shocks, enhancing urban resilience (UR) has become critical to ensuring the stable functioning of cities and promoting high-quality development. This study treats China's circulation node city layout policy as a quasi-natural experiment and employs a difference-in-differences approach using panel data for 280 prefecture-level and above cities from 2008 to 2023 to systematically examine the impact of circulation network construction (CNC) on UR and its underlying mechanisms. The results show that CNC significantly enhances UR, and this finding remains robust to a series of robustness checks and treatments for potential endogeneity. Mechanism analysis reveals that CNC enhances UR through four channels: scale effects, structural effects, technological effects, and supply chain buffering effects, which strengthen cities' carrying capacity, adjustment capacity, adaptive capacity, and recovery capacity, respectively. Heterogeneity analysis further shows that the resilience-enhancing effect of CNC is more pronounced in coastal cities, cities located southeast of the Hu Huanyong Line, and cities with higher levels of marketization and more advanced digital infrastructure. These findings provide insights for optimizing circulation node layouts and building more resilient cities.
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BibTeX
@article{chen2026impact,
title = {{The impact of circulation network construction on urban resilience: evidence from the layout of circulation node cities in China}},
author = {Lipeng Chen and Jingyi Li and Shoushuo Li and Zhengxing Zhou and Yaobin Liu},
journal = {Sustainable Futures},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1016/j.sftr.2026.102241},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2026.102241},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - The impact of circulation network construction on urban resilience: evidence from the layout of circulation node cities in China
AU - Lipeng Chen
AU - Jingyi Li
AU - Shoushuo Li
AU - Zhengxing Zhou
AU - Yaobin Liu
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/30
JO - Sustainable Futures
DO - 10.1016/j.sftr.2026.102241
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sftr.2026.102241
AB - Against the backdrop of rising global economic uncertainty and increasingly frequent multidimensional shocks, enhancing urban resilience (UR) has become critical to ensuring the stable functioning of cities and promoting high-quality development. This study treats China's circulation node city layout policy as a quasi-natural experiment and employs a difference-in-differences approach using panel data for 280 prefecture-level and above cities from 2008 to 2023 to systematically examine the impact of circulation network construction (CNC) on UR and its underlying mechanisms. The results show that CNC significantly enhances UR, and this finding remains robust to a series of robustness checks and treatments for potential endogeneity. Mechanism analysis reveals that CNC enhances UR through four channels: scale effects, structural effects, technological effects, and supply chain buffering effects, which strengthen cities' carrying capacity, adjustment capacity, adaptive capacity, and recovery capacity, respectively. Heterogeneity analysis further shows that the resilience-enhancing effect of CNC is more pronounced in coastal cities, cities located southeast of the Hu Huanyong Line, and cities with higher levels of marketization and more advanced digital infrastructure. These findings provide insights for optimizing circulation node layouts and building more resilient cities.
SN - 2666-1888
ER -