人口密度、信息外溢与城市化水平——以江苏省为例

The density of population,informationspillover andcitylevel——Illustrated by the Case of Jiangsu Province

尝试从人口密度的角度出发来描述城市化进程,分析了人口密度指标与城市化率指标的关系。在对江苏省统计年鉴数据进行回归分析的基础上,得出人口密度指标与城市化率指标高度相关的结论,并提出用人口密度指标来衡量城市化水平的可能。

This paper trys to describe the process of urbanization from the perspective of population density by analyzing the relationship between population density and urbanization ratio. By regress analysis, relying on data from the statistical yearbook of Jiangsu province, the author draws a conclusion that there is a high correlation between population density and urbanization ratio. Probably, we can use population density to estimate urbanization ratio.