中国城镇化空间主体——城市群发展格局与挑战

The Spatial Subject of China’s Urbanization:Development Patterns and Challenges of Urban Agglomerations

China’s urban agglomerations have gradually become new world economic centers and strategic regions under the initiatives of"The Belt and Road."Various researchers have long been interested in the issues encountered during the development of urban agglomerations.However,systematic research analyzing issues in the development of China’s urban agglomeration are relatively few.On the basis of a brief introduction to the concept of urban agglomeration and the status of current development in China,this paper analyzes current issues in China’s urban agglomerations from the perspectives of spatial attribution,function,resources,and environmental utilization as well as new patterns in urban agglomeration,which reaches the following conclusions:conficts exist between spatial identifcation and layouts in urban agglomerations;issues such as,unsound internally functioning systems,improper land utilization,and stressful resource and environmental pressures still prevail in certain urban agglomerations;in addition,the number and layouts of newly constructed areas in urban agglomerations are controversial because some new areas are eager to develop new cities but have neglected their transitions from and interactions with older districts,thus wasting resources unnecessarily.This paper also proposes certain suggestions regarding the problems mentioned above.In short,these fndings will elucidate a fresh perspective and ideas for researchers studying urban agglomeration and offer references related to policy making concerning China’s urban agglomerations in the future.