The Characteristics of the Elite Activities Space in the Information Society: A Case Study on the Yangtze River Delta

Abstract:

In the information society, people grasp the flow of the initiative will redefine the traditional elite constitute, because its expression is the space organization of the management elites, which are leading and depending on the flows. As an objective existence which should not be denied, elite space formats the unique spatial characteristics in the information society,and on the future it will have a significant impact on the development of the city. They manipulate the direction of capabilities of the flow and the junction of the future space. Elites activities space are mainly relying on the advanced production service industry, so the spatial distribution of the advanced production service industrial park reflects the elite activities spacial network, through the study of the spatial distribution of the advanced production service industrial park in Yangtze River Delta, further analysis the characteristics of elite activity spacial network.We do the research of the spatial relationship between the elite space and city, country and global city, and then elicit that the elite space rely on information technology have the flow characteristics of independence, fragment, and never lost. The analysis also draws a conclusion that as soon as the elite space arose the social class differentiation, it force the dual city come into being.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 357-360)
• Pages: 1679-1683
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.357-360.1679
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Li Zhen Shen*
• Keywords: Advanced Production Service Industry, Characteristic, Elite Space, Information Society

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