CC-BYZhang, MengyaoHu, Pan2024-11-282024-11-282024978-94-64981-82-7https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/2267Game changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12th July 2024The article takes 38 counties in Chongqing as the research object, conducts social and economic development data statistics and spatial analysis, and divides them into the core, inner circle and outer circle counties based on the theory of 'core-periphery' and the circle structure characteristics of municipal areas. The data envelopment analysis (DEA), exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) models are introduced to conduct a comparative analysis of the characteristics of the spatial patterns and factors affecting the development efficiency of the inner and outer circle counties in the municipal area, and to explore the differences in the development of the inner and outer circle counties, as well as the main development problems and strategies. Keywords: urban circles; development disparities; peripheral areas; balanced development; ESDAEnglishopenAccessconferenceObject1694-1715