The trends of population urbanization have been received increasing attention in the 21st century.The paper argues that population movement and migration has been over fertility and mortality and becomes the predomina...The trends of population urbanization have been received increasing attention in the 21st century.The paper argues that population movement and migration has been over fertility and mortality and becomes the predominating driving force on demographic dynamics in China. Facing an entirely new demographic situation,population urbanization should be favorably welcomed.Taking Beijing and Germany as cases,it examines the city size issue from an urban system perspective,and argues that urban functions should be properly defined within an urban system.We should recognize the importance of urbanization to modernization and removing the factors which may negatively affect the urbanization process,so as to promote healthy development of urbanization in China.展开更多
文摘The trends of population urbanization have been received increasing attention in the 21st century.The paper argues that population movement and migration has been over fertility and mortality and becomes the predominating driving force on demographic dynamics in China. Facing an entirely new demographic situation,population urbanization should be favorably welcomed.Taking Beijing and Germany as cases,it examines the city size issue from an urban system perspective,and argues that urban functions should be properly defined within an urban system.We should recognize the importance of urbanization to modernization and removing the factors which may negatively affect the urbanization process,so as to promote healthy development of urbanization in China.
