Spatial organization of the metropolitan area

Author: Xie Shouhong
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Publish Date: 2004-11-01
Features: This book summarizes the relevant theories and practices of urban spatial organization research from an interdisciplinary perspective, analyzing the development history, spatial evolution characteristics, and driving mechanisms of large metropolitan areas in foreign countries. It particularly explores the new features and trends in the spatial evolution of metropolitan areas under the backgrounds of economic globalization, informatization, and sustainable development. Based on the current economic and urban development realities in China, the book discusses the definition criteria, formation mechanisms, and evolutionary patterns of China's metropolitan areas. The latter half of the book presents an empirical study on the spatial organization of the Guangzhou metropolitan area. Through extensive field investigation data, it defines the spatial scope of the Guangzhou metropolitan area, elaborates on its formation mechanisms, analyzes its spatial structural characteristics and evolutionary patterns, and proposes future optimization models for metropolitan spatial development. The book also provides in-depth analysis of the characteristics, mechanisms, consequences, and regulatory measures of population, industrial space distribution, and suburbanization in the Guangzhou metropolitan area. This book can serve as a reference for teaching and research in urban geography, urban planning, urban economics, and related fields at universities and research institutions, as well as for professionals in urban construction, urban management, and real estate development.