中国城市群的发展特点与趋势

Characteristics and Trends of China's Urban Agglomeration

新世纪以来,中国城市化发展已经进入到从单体城市向城市群(脉)发展转型的新阶段。"世界城市体系理论"与"网络城市理论"是当前中国城市群研究的两个热点领域。1996年以来,中国快速城市化阶段可以划分为城镇化为主的外延扩张时期和外延扩张与内涵发展相结合的城市集群发展时期。新时期,中国城市化改革具有以下三个特征:城市化发展的集群趋势不断强化;作为区域经济增长核极的城市群辐射功能的有效发挥与示范效应成为新型城市化发展的重要方向;包容性诉求在城市改革目标中越来越显著。

In the new century, China＇s urbanization has entered into a new stage of development and transformation from a single city to an urban agglomeration. ＂World system theory＂ and ＂network theory of the city＂ are two hot areas in China＇s current urban studies. Since 1996, China＇s rapid urbanization phase can be divided into urban-based extension of the period of expansion and extension of the combination of expansion and content development of the city cluster development. In the new era, the reform of China＇s urbanization has the following characteristics： urbanization trends continue to strengthen the cluster; inclusive reform objectives in the city demands become more and more significant; as a regional economic growth pole, the urban agglomeration functions and demonstrates as an important new direction.