中国城市空间格局的演变

Evolution of Chinese cities' spatial pattern

中国的城市化进程始于建国初期,由于受到国家区域发展战略的影响,呈现出明显的阶段性。以此为依据将建国以来中国的城市化历程划分为四个阶段,研究了各阶段城市空间格局的变迁。研究发现,从建国初期到改革开放之前,西部地区新增城市数量和城市化速度高于中东部地区,东部地区的城市化速度最慢;从改革开放之后到本世纪初,东部地区经历了城市化的快速发展,中国城市发展的总体格局呈现出东部快于中西部、南部快于北部的发展特征。

The urbanization process of China began in 1949. The process shows different significant stages because of the influence from the changes in the national regional develop- ment strategy. This article divides the urbanization process into four stages, and studies the changes of the urban spatial pattern in different stages. It is found that from 1949 to the Reform and Opening - up, the number of cities and the urbanization rate in the western region are growing faster than in the eastern, while the urbanization pace in the eastern is the slowest. From the Re- form and Opening - up to the beginning of this century, the east- ern region has experienced the rapid urbanization. Urban devel- opment pattern shows that the eastern is faster than the midwest, while the southern is faster than the northern.