New patterns of urban development in China |
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| Authors: | Zhen-guo Zhu Shi-mou Yao |
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| Institution: | (1) Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 210008 Nanjing, P.R. China |
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| Abstract: | According to the basic features of socio economic development in China, the paper retrospects the developmental process of Chinese cities in the 20th century. Based on lots of data and related research achievements, five new patterns of Chinese urban development are pointed out, that is 1) regional disparity of urban development in China is still obvious and large; 2) cities in developed region develop in the form of agglomeration and coordination; 3) spatial layout shape of Chinese cities appears relatively tight, and there exists great outside expansion inclination; 4) the construction of exploitation zone becomes the new important factor of urban development in the 1990s; 5) number increase of cities at county level become the main tide of urban development, but cause the discrete understanding for the concept of urban substantial region, which construct a challenge to urban management. In the end the article puts forward a series thoughts on the future trends and countermeasures of urban development in China. |
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| Keywords: | new patterns urban development urban group urban scale system |
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