科学核定城镇人口规模——以莆田为例

城镇人口规模是反映城市发展水平的一个重要指标。本文以莆田市为例,从城镇人口的定义着手,认为统计城镇人口规模的关键是如何判定城市化地域范围,选择何种人口口径。通过对比不同城乡划分标准、不同人口口径所得的莆田市城镇人口规模,并研究造成城镇人口规模差异的原因,结合莆田市卫星遥感影像图、城镇建设现状图、行政区划图,借鉴第五次人口普查城乡划分标准,制定一系列城乡划分指标,得出莆田市城市化地域统计范围,兼顾考虑流动人口的因素,从而得出莆田市真正的城镇人口规模。

The urban population size reflects the developing level of the city. This paper represents a new method to reconstruct the urban population size by generating from its definition- - the scale and the population statistics. Based on the fifth census criteria of separating the city from the town , the author ascertained the physical urban area of the Putian City ,took the floating population into account and finally concluded the urban population scale of the Putian city.