长江三角洲城镇密集地区形成及发展的历史特征

The Historical Characteristics of Formation and Development of City Regions in the Yangtze Delta

本文通过对长江三角洲城镇密集地区形成和发展的历史考察和分析，总结了这一地区形成的历史基础、明清时期城镇群的特征以及近代工业化带来的区域空间形态转型的过程．主要结论是从形成机制上看，这一地区的发展具有较强历史延续性，不同于完全由于工业化或以大城市为主体的发展类型；历史地形成了以区域为背景的城市化特征．

Through investigating and analyzing the formation and development of city regions in the Yangtze Delta, this paper summarizes the historical foundation, the characteristics of city regions in Ming and Qing dynasties, and the process of spatial transformation which was brought about by current industrialization in this region. The author thinks that the development of this region has a clearly historical continuity to form its urbanization characteristics based on the region, which is different from those development styles that completely based on industrialization or depended on big cities.