都市圈概念辨析

CONCEPT ANALYSIS OF METROPOLITAN COORDINATING REGION

都市圈概念的提出已达半个世纪之久,然而,国内外至今对都市圈概念内涵尚未形成统一的认识,对于都市圈界定标准亦不尽相同;同时,还存在着诸如都市区、都市连绵区、城市群等相关的名称或概念,部分源于翻译的差异,在使用中较为混乱。在中国,许多地方结合自身情况开展了大量的都市圈规划和研究,在概念的理解和使用上缺乏统一的认识,有必要加以辨析。

The concept of metropolitan coordinating region has been used for about a half century, but there is no commonly accepted understanding of the concept. However, there are other similar concepts including metropolitan area, metropolitan interlocking region and urban agglomeration, etc. The translation partly results in the confusion of the concepts. In China, not a few planning and studies of metropolitan coordination regions are made. Therefore it is critical to differentiate the concepts.