Abstract：China is advancing urbanization rapidly. During the course the large, medium-sized and small cities of the national key regions (Zhujiang River Delta,Changjiang River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin Region) are all developing fast. The provincial key regions (such as Changzhutan Region in Hunan province, Guanzhong Basin) are in the swift growth situation. However, in most non-central regions of many provinces, limited resources and opportunities are being concentrated in local central cities due to the reason that cities can administer counties. By this means it can keep specific speed of local central cities in economic growth, urban renewal and spatial expansion while the growth speed is lower than the cities of the key regions apparently.
The deep investigation and analysis indicate the spatial expansions and the constructing of relevant infrastructures in Huludao were directed by diverse forces including rational planning force, market force, the drive from the urban government and the district government, the civic development drive, the input of outside funds, the attraction of excellent environment.
All in all, compared with key regions and provincial central cities, the above forces and drives are not sufficient. So local government will protect and encourage every helpful force without missing even very slight opportunities. That can deeply explain the reasons that the spatial strategies of Huludao are in disorder and the spatial expansions are towards all directions. If urban spatial strategy design can be strongly controlled, moderately controlled or weakly controlled, strong control should be adopted for key regions to limit strictly some forces. The local government should strengthen the role of the rational planning, control the disorder development and integrate the expansion actions moderately at the same time.
修春亮, 祝翔凌. 地方性中心城市空间扩张的多元动力——基于葫芦岛市的调查和分析[J]. 人文地理, 2005, 20(2): 9-12,123.
XIU Chun-liang, ZHU Xiang-ling. THE SPATIAL EXPANSION MULTI-FORCE OF LOCAL CENTRAL CITIES——Based on the Investogation and Analysis of Huludao. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2005, 20(2): 9-12,123.
