Commercial gentrification in China and its distribution, development, and correlates: The case of Chengdu

Within the Anglo-American literature, commercial, along with residential, gentrification has often been treated as an attendant neighborhood phenomenon. This study aims to uncover distribution of areas for emerging consumption that indicate occurrence commercial gentrification, well explain development process and spatial correlations in Chengdu, a large Chinese city. With data points interest (POIs), categorizes new retail places conducts statistical analyses. The following findings are revealed: First, changed from monocentric polycentric structure main urban Chengdu 2010 2020, wherein high-density were partially overlapped traditional centers. Second, was presented by fastest growth entertainment services 2010s. Third, shifted centripetal centrifugal pattern 2020. geographies variegated, connected multiple location attributes impacted local governments’ strategies. Fourth, positively correlated knowledge-intensive industries but negatively related change both traditionally secondary tertiary sectors past decade. Finally, changes housing prices showed no connection during studied period. suggests should be phenomenon industrial independent residential gentrification. planning city play close attention synergic exclusive relations between evolution spaces post-industrial economy.