Effects of Institutions on Spatial Patterns of Manufacturing Industries and Policy Implications in Metropolitan Areas: A Case Study of Wuhan, China
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The manuscript submitted for review is very well prepared, but requires some improvements.
1) The introduction should end with a clear statement defining the main aim of the research and the specific objectives. This is not clear at the moment. The introduction could also end with the formulation of research questions to be answered by the presented research results or research hypotheses to be confirmed or disconfirmed by the research.
2) Figures should be supplemented with a scale bar and a north arrow.
Author Response
Point 1: The introduction should end with a clear statement defining the main aim of the research and the specific objectives. This is not clear at the moment. The introduction could also end with the formulation of research questions to be answered by the presented research results or research hypotheses to be confirmed or disconfirmed by the research.
Response 1: Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. I've reworked the introduction. The introduction adds the main purpose and hypotheses of the study. The specific contents are as follows:
“This study aims to put forward an analysis of the relationship between institutions and the spatial patterns of manufacturing and explore the comprehensive mechanism.”
“This study proposes the hypothesis that institutions have been the most important factors affecting spatial patterns of the manufacturing industries in China’s big cities since the 1990s. Institutions have specific functional areas, ways, and internal mechanisms that need to be explored. New institutional economics also provides an analytical framework of incentives and constraints for the institutional mechanism.The institutions examined in this study include land policy, development zone policy, eco-environmental policy, urban planning, and transportation strategy, all of which have different effects on the spatial patterns of manufacturing industries. They affect the location choice of enterprises through incentives and constraints, thus influencing the process of suburbanization and agglomeration”
Point 2: Figures should be supplemented with a scale bar and a north arrow.
Response 2: Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. I have corrected all the figures with a scale bar and a north arrow.
Reviewer 2 Report
I am sympathetic with this manuscript; however, it needs extensive revision before acceptance. I would suggest a thorough revision of language usage, promoting shorter phrases and a more point discussion.
I would also encourage a thorough revision of the statistical methodology. For instance, you mention 'correlation' in a table. What type of correlation coefficient was used here? Parametric (Pearson) or non-parametric (Spearman)? Any check for the statistical distribution of the studied variable (e.g. normal/non-normal)?
I would see detailed the pros&cons of this study. I would also see a better description of original proposal for future studies.
All in all, I see a paper that needs substantially, but potentially easy revision to reach a publishable level.
Thank you.
Author Response
Point 1: I am sympathetic with this manuscript; however, it needs extensive revision before acceptance. I would suggest a thorough revision of language usage, promoting shorter phrases and a more point discussion.
Response 1: Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. I've finished the English language editing for all the manuscript to promote shorter phrases and a more point discussion.
Point 2: I would also encourage a thorough revision of the statistical methodology. For instance, you mention 'correlation' in a table. What type of correlation coefficient was used here? Parametric (Pearson) or non-parametric (Spearman)? Any check for the statistical distribution of the studied variable (e.g. normal/non-normal)?
Response 2: Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. As you said,“correlation”in table 3 is not the precise expression. The name of table 3 is revised as “Regression results of manufacturing industry location in Wuhan metropolitan area”. This study applies a Poisson regression model to verify the factors influencing manufacturing enterprises’ location,in order to explore the effects of different institutions on the spatial patterns of the manufacturing industry in big cities. This method has been used to empirically analyze the influencing factors of manufacturing space in big cities.
Reviewer 3 Report
The paper is based on the concept of institutions. However, there is no in-depth analysis showing the relationship between institutions and territorial development. There is no systematic review of the role of institutions in urban growth when there is a rich literaturethat it can be cited. Only for example:
Capital, institutions and urban growth systems, Robert Huggins Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2016, Pages 443-463, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsw010
Government institutions and the dynamics of urban growth in China, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Min Zhang, First published: 06 March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12435
Ye Hua Dennis Wei, Restructuring for growth in urban China: Transitional institutions, urban development, and spatial transformation, Habitat International, Volume 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-405, ISSN 0197-3975, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.12.023.
The above would allow contextualizing and highlighting the added value of the paper that is now missing.
The results obtained are coherent but not novel. The approach and the research questions based on a thorough literature review would allow to better exploit the database and reach more relevant conclusions.
Author Response
Point 1: The paper is based on the concept of institutions. However, there is no in-depth analysis showing the relationship between institutions and territorial development. There is no systematic review of the role of institutions in urban growth when there is a rich literature that it can be cited. Only for example:
Capital, institutions and urban growth systems, Robert Huggins Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume 9, Issue 2, July 2016, Pages 443-463, https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsw010
Government institutions and the dynamics of urban growth in China, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Min Zhang, First published: 06 March 2019 https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12435
Ye Hua Dennis Wei, Restructuring for growth in urban China: Transitional institutions, urban development, and spatial transformation, Habitat International, Volume 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-405, ISSN 0197-3975, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2011.12.023.
The above would allow contextualizing and highlighting the added value of the paper that is now missing
The above would allow contextualizing and highlighting the added value of the paper that is now missing.
The results obtained are coherent but not novel. The approach and the research questions based on a thorough literature review would allow to better exploit the database and reach more relevant conclusions.
Response 1: Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. I have read all literatures that you recommended and added into my manuscript,in order to review of the role of institutions in urban growth. On this basis, I revised the introduction again to find the value of this article. This study aims to put forward an analysis of the relationship between institutions and the spatial patterns of manufacturing and explore the comprehensive mechanism.
Reviewer 4 Report
Good paper overall with interesting data and elaboration. Language usage should be checked for clarity. I suggest to ask the contribution of a native-language editing. I would also suggest to consider more references outside China and Asia continent. Finally, I don't see clear aims and scope of the paper in the introduction, as well as a clear and concise comment about the importance of this study in the present literature arena and implications for future studies. THese are all moderate reviews.
Author Response
Point 1: Language usage should be checked for clarity. I suggest to ask the contribution of a native-language editing.
Response 1: Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. I've finished the English language editing for all the manuscript to promote shorter phrases and a more point discussion.
Point 2: I would also suggest to consider more references outside China and Asia continent.
Response 2: I have added more references outside China and Asia,such as big cities of North American , Quito and Ethiopian ([12],[13],[30],[42]).
Point 3: Finally, I don't see clear aims and scope of the paper in the introduction, as well as a clear and concise comment about the importance of this study in the present literature arena and implications for future studies.
Response 3:Thank you for your valuable and useful suggestions. I've revised the introduction. The introduction adds the main purpose and implications of the study. The specific contents are as follows:
“This study aims to put forward an analysis of the relationship between institutions and the spatial patterns of manufacturing and explore the comprehensive mechanism.”
“This paper expands our understanding of the influence mechanism of manufacturing spatial patterns and proposes spatial guiding strategies and policy implications for the spatial trans-formation of urban manufacturing. ”
Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
Good revision overall.
Author Response
I value your feedback and Suggestions.I have ask official organization for English language editing.
Reviewer 3 Report
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Author Response
Thanks for your valuable advice.I have asked the offical organization for English languge editing.I also have optimized the introduction and the description of methods.
Reviewer 4 Report
Good revision overall. Thank you. Appreciable paper.
Author Response
Thanks for your valuable advice.I have aked the offical organization for English languge editing.I also have optimized the introduction.
