浅山区的城市化

Urbanization of Low Mountain Area

“浅山区”并非是严格意义上的一种地理单元或地貌类型,它是对位于深山与平原过渡地带上的山地区域的一种宽泛性称谓,可包括低山、丘陵、台地和冲沟等多种地形特征。二次世界大战后,欧美发达国家和一些新兴发展中国家进入快速城市化进程,人口聚集导致适宜建设的平地资源日益短缺,越来越多的浅山地带被转化为城市建设用地,成为都市化进程中的市民居住或休闲的空间。

“Low mountain area”as neither geographical unit nor geomorphological type in strict sense,refers basically to the transitional area from high mountains to plains so inclusive of the terrains of low elevation mountains,hills,terraced tablelands and eroded gullies etc.With rapid urbanization and population concentration of the developed countries of Europe,the United States and the emerging market countries after the Second World War,there have been increasing shortage of suitable flat land resources for construction.Consequently,more and more low mountain areas were converted into urban construction lands as residential or recreation spaces for citizens.