Table 1 Division of sub-urban agglomeration and corresponding cities.

From: Green development of China’s Pan-Pearl River Delta mega-urban agglomeration

Sub-urban agglomeration

Cities

Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration

Guangzhou

Shenzhen

Zhuhai

Dongguan

Jiangmen

Foshan

Zhongshan

Zhaoqing

Huizhou

   

Chang-zhu-tan urban agglomeration

Changsha

Zhuzhou

Xiangtan

   

Chengdu-Chongqing urban agglomeration

Chengdu

Chongqing

    

Coastal urban agglomeration

Fuzhou

Xiamen

Quanzhou

Zhangzhou

Putian

Ningde

Central Yunnan urban agglomeration

Kunming

Qujing

Yuxi

Chuxiong

  

Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration

Nanning

Zhanjiang

Haikou

Beihai

  
  1. Coastal urban agglomeration indicates coastal urban agglomeration in the Western Taiwan Strait Region. Due to missing data, Hong Kong and Macau are not included in the scope of this study.