Spatial expansion characteristics and rules of the provincial capital cities in China
WANG Xiaohui1,2, YAO Shimou1,3*, CHEN Shuang1, WANG Chengxin4, YU Cheng1,2
（1 Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu, China;2 Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3 Institute of Contemporary China, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hongkong SAR, China;4 College of Population, Resources and Environment, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China）
Abstract:
Spatial structure features of provincial cities are summarized firstly.Taking Nanjing, Hangzhou, Jinan and Guangzhou city as case studies,the spatial expansion features are analyzed,and the spatial expansion rules are concluded,that is,the oriented development along the transport corridors,the urban economic centralization or decentralization.Furthermore,the problems occured in the spatial expansion are also pointed out,such as resource waste,environment deterioration,disorderly landuse,etc.The study is beneficial to ecological environment construction and sustainable development of urban planning in China.
KeyWords:
provincial capital city; spatial expansion; expansion rule; sustainable development
