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Sustainable Urban External Service Function Development for Building the International Megalopolis in the Pearl River Delta, China OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Supplementary Information Sustainable Urban External Service Function Development for Building the International Megalopolis in the Pearl River Delta, China. Sustainability 2015, 7, 13029-13054 Meng Wang 1,2,3,*, Yaoqiu Kuang 1,2,† and Ningsheng Huang 1,† 1 Sustainable Development Research Center, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China; E-Mails: [email protected] (Y.K.); [email protected] (N.H.) 2 Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China † These authors contributed equally to this work. * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected] (M.W.); Tel.: +86-20-8529-0476; Fax: +86-20-8529-0476. S2 Table S1. Locat ion quotient (LQ) of external service sectors in cities in 2005. Information Whole sale Hotels and Leasing and Transport, storage Manufacturing transmission, and retail catering Finance Real estate business and postal services computer services trade services services Guangzhou 1.225 1.971 1.667 0.981 2.409 1.001 1.991 1.607 Foshan 1.525 0.697 1.322 0.605 1.096 2.033 0.874 1.014 Zhaoqing 1.268 0.687 1.318 0.583 1.143 0.973 0.777 0.603 Shenzhen 1.591 1.230 1.563 1.050 1.710 1.025 4.124 2.242 Dongguan 1.273 1.002 1.052 0.475 0.277 3.043 0.182 0.383 Huizhou 2.416 0.332 0.511 0.226 0.496 0.522 0.893 0.499 Zhuhai 2.319 0.556 1.089 0.514 1.300 0.602 1.367 0.720 Zhongshan 2.034 0.578 0.963 0.288 1.081 1.515 0.462 0.612 Jiangmen 1.593 0.582 0.704 0.411 0.926 1.235 0.486 0.540 Public Water conservancy, Health, social Culture, Scientific research, Resident services administratio environment Education security and sports and technical services and other services n and social management social welfare recreation organizations Guangzhou 1.357 0.889 1.096 0.633 0.996 1.382 0.622 Foshan 0.419 0.785 0.170 0.875 1.103 0.536 0.808 Zhaoqing 0.544 1.031 0.209 1.305 1.557 0.987 1.270 Shenzhen 0.876 0.633 0.494 0.260 0.539 0.735 0.519 Dongguan 0.422 0.236 0.055 0.959 2.322 0.668 1.490 Huizhou 0.328 0.625 0.067 0.490 0.532 0.446 0.583 Zhuhai 0.234 0.846 0.487 0.271 0.407 0.757 0.521 Zhongshan 0.670 0.601 0.279 0.695 1.005 0.983 0.610 Jiangmen 0.426 1.166 0.336 0.989 1.189 0.447 0.972 S3 Table S2. The Eij, GDPi, Ni, Ei and Fi of cities in the PRD in 2005. Information Whole sale Hotels and Leasing and Transport,storage and Eij Manufacturing transmission, and retail catering Finance Real estate business postal services computer services trade services services Guangzhou 12.958 9.490 1.600 0.000 5.136 0.006 2.752 2.720 Foshan 7.701 0.000 0.197 0.000 0.089 1.611 0.000 0.016 Zhaoqing 1.998 0.000 0.099 0.000 0.067 0.000 0.000 0.000 Shenzhen 28.325 1.878 1.128 0.493 2.159 0.127 7.242 4.642 Dongguan 1.556 0.002 0.012 0.000 0.000 1.235 0.000 0.000 Huizhou 26.559 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Zhuhai 18.573 0.000 0.052 0.000 0.267 0.000 0.250 0.000 Zhongshan 6.938 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.034 0.367 0.000 0.000 Jiangmen 6.056 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.255 0.000 0.000 Water conservancy, Health, social Culture, Public Scientific research, Resident services Eij environment Education security and sports and administration and technical services and other services management social welfare recreation social organizations Guangzhou 1.369 0.000 0.177 0.000 0.000 0.865 0.000 Foshan 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.224 0.000 0.000 Zhaoqing 0.000 0.012 0.000 0.970 0.615 0.000 0.697 Shenzhen 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dongguan 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.116 0.000 0.967 Huizhou 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Zhuhai 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Zhongshan 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.005 0.000 0.000 Jiangmen 0.000 0.088 0.000 0.000 0.286 0.000 0.000 S4 Table S2. Cont. GDPi (10,000 yuan) Ni Ei Fi (10,000 yuan) Guangzhou 51,542,283 258,021.04 37.07 9,565,833.1 Foshan 23,831,836 467,107.72 9.84 4,595,374.9 Zhaoqing 4,505,704 173,965.41 4.46 775,686.2 Shenzhen 49,509,078 297,030.71 45.99 13,661,702.5 Dongguan 21,816,245 1,102,387.32 4.89 5,388,790.9 Huizhou 8,034,283 123,206.30 26.56 3,272,207.7 Zhuhai 6,349,521 129,767.44 19.14 2,483,980.3 Zhongshan 8,802,018 377,283.24 7.34 2,770,788.9 Jiangmen 8,053,737 226,865.83 6.69 1,516,740.0 Table S3. Location quotient（LQ）of external service sectors in cities in 2009. Information Whole sale Hotels and Leasing and Transport,storage and Manufacturing transmission, and retail catering Finance Real estate business postal services computer services trade services services Guangzhou 1.251 2.102 1.524 1.179 2.422 0.877 1.958 1.760 Foshan 1.625 0.655 1.551 0.528 1.144 1.348 0.700 0.480 Zhaoqing 1.324 0.690 0.963 0.581 1.106 0.813 0.523 0.577 Shenzhen 1.660 1.368 1.421 1.329 1.797 1.094 3.442 2.108 Dongguan 1.295 0.660 0.790 0.625 0.187 2.400 0.140 0.435 Huizhou 2.481 0.338 0.287 0.333 0.530 0.554 0.714 0.404 Zhuhai 2.268 0.539 1.000 0.715 1.151 0.759 1.462 0.701 Zhongshan 2.047 0.726 0.698 0.218 0.815 1.339 0.763 0.804 Jiangmen 1.710 0.548 0.744 0.466 1.183 1.247 0.431 0.321 S5 Table S3. Cont. Public Water conservancy, Health, social Culture, Scientific research, Resident services administration and environment Education security and sports and technical services and other services social management social welfare recreation organizations Guangzhou 1.265 0.769 2.544 0.620 0.959 1.449 0.608 Foshan 0.424 0.627 0.410 1.009 1.280 0.333 0.869 Zhaoqing 0.448 1.206 0.309 1.446 1.478 0.908 1.230 Shenzhen 0.893 0.616 1.585 0.264 0.475 0.745 0.470 Dongguan 0.386 0.164 0.091 0.946 2.353 0.815 1.645 Huizhou 0.262 0.553 0.347 0.443 0.513 0.402 0.621 Zhuhai 0.290 0.814 0.528 0.309 0.369 0.662 0.465 Zhongshan 0.328 0.256 0.155 0.766 1.088 0.802 0.747 Jiangmen 0.278 0.915 0.950 0.887 1.086 0.376 0.892 Table S4. Urban external function capacity (Eij) in 2009. Transport,storage and Information transmission, Whole sale and Hotels and Real Leasing and Eij Manufacturing Finance postal services computer services retail trade catering services estate business services Guangzhou 16.999 11.767 1.720 1.809 5.530 0.000 3.537 4.163 Foshan 9.985 0.000 0.426 0.000 0.132 0.692 0.000 0.000 Zhaoqing 2.496 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.047 0.000 0.000 0.000 Shenzhen 42.175 3.715 1.303 3.145 2.928 0.746 8.513 5.730 Dongguan 1.929 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.137 0.000 0.000 Huizhou 33.062 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Zhuhai 21.476 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.147 0.000 0.426 0.000 Zhongshan 8.045 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.324 0.000 0.000 Jiangmen 8.466 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.125 0.366 0.000 0.000 S6 Table S4. Cont. Health, social Scientific research, Water conservancy, Resident services Culture, sports Public administration and Eij Education security and social technical services environment management and other services and recreation social organizations welfare Guangzhou 1.350 0.000 1.754 0.000 0.000 1.084 0.000 Foshan 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.061 0.721 0.000 0.000 Zhaoqing 0.000 0.089 0.000 1.424 0.595 0.000 0.648 Shenzhen 0.000 0.000 0.628 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dongguan 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.426 0.000 1.541 Huizhou 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Zhuhai 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 Zhongshan 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.109 0.000 0.000 Jiangmen 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.165 0.000 0.000 Table S5.
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