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| EXPLORING NEW METHODS IN THE PROCESS OF STUDYING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM |
| WU Chao, WEI Qing-quan |
| Center for Urban and Regional Study, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China |
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Abstract Regional development is a kind of open complicated huge system. The progresses of study methodologies of the systematic Science can bring enlightenment into the studying of regional development. The first purpose of this article is to review the traditional systematic methods which have been used in regional research since 1950s'. The second purpose of this article is to generalize the newest progresses in the study of System science since 1990s', and discuss the probability of introducing the method of "Hall for workshop of Metasynthetic Engineering" (HWME), one of the newest methodologies of System science, into the regional study in quo. Accordingly, this article is composed of three parts.In the first part, the author firstly reviewed the so-called "Hard systematic methods", including of "System Analysis" (SA), "Engineering System" (ES) and "Operation Research" (OR), which has been introduced into the study of regional development since 1950s'. In the second part of this article, the author summarized the newest progress of the study methods in the System Science since 1990s', and pointed out that some important studies, including of "Artificial Intelligence" and "Public Decision-making System" taking advantages of the information and internet technology of present age, had explored new methods of studying huge completed systems. Especially, the author introduced the "HWME" which has been brought forward by Qian Xue-Shen in 1992, and indicated that the "HWME" system will shed light on the study of regional coordinated development.In the third part of this article, the author tried to design a new "HWME" system of regional development, which is composed of three main halls for workshop. Firstly, the main functions of the hall for workshop of experts' consultation include of generalizing experiments, analyzing problems, and planning the future's blueprints of the regional development in virtue of the experts' wisdom and the computer's computing ability. Secondly, the hall for workshop of decision-making is set for organizing the whole work of the "HWME" system, evaluating the work of experts' consultation and public participation, and constituting the strategies of regional development. Thirdly, the hall for workshop of public participation offers a place for public to give some comments and make some suggestions on the regional development. At last, this article did some exploration on the implementation of the "HWME" system of the regional development.
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Received: 05 May 2003
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2005, Vol. 20 
