台湾城市规模分布初探——基于位序—规模法则的分析

Analysis of Taiwan City-Size Distribution——Based on City Rank-Size Rule

运用城市位序—规模法则,对台湾从日治时期至今的城市规模分布体系进行回归分析。结果显示,在台湾城市化进程中,城市人口规模分布由日治时期的人口相对集中于大城市逐步发展为战后的人口分散于各级城市的分布格局。战后台湾之所以能构筑起各级城市规模均衡发展的多层次城市体系,主要得益于其工业化发展模式及政府制定的人口分散政策。

Based on the city rank-size rule,this paper analyzes the city-size distribution of Taiwan from Japanese occupation period to this day.According to the econometric estimation,we find that Taiwan＇s urban population develops from centralizing into prime cities to being evenly distributed into each hierarchy of city system along with the rapid urbanization in the postwar era.Finally,we conclude that this fairly balanced urban development is mainly due to the industrialization strategy as well as government＇s pro-decentralization policy on the distribution of urban population