聚类分析方法在城市等级结构划分中的应用

Study on application of cluster analysis method in dividing city hierarchical structure

城市规模等级结构的划分是一个多指标的分类问题.采用聚类分析的多元统计方法,对长江三角洲内15个城市进行了规模等级的划分,克服了以往单一指标分类的不足,得到了更科学、客观、合理的结果.

The division of city hierarchical structure is a multi-index classification problem. The cluster analysis, which is a multivariate analysis method is used for dividing fifteen cities in Yangtze Delta. This method overcomes the deficiency of one index classification and make the result is more scientific, more objective and more reasonable.