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| REGIONAL URBAN NETWORK INFLUENCED BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: NEW DIRECTIONS OF URBAN STUDIES |
| ZHEN Feng1, LIU Xiao-xia2, LIU Hui1 |
1. Department of Urban and Resources, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
2. Institute of Human Geography, Xi'an International Studies University, Xi'an 710061, China |
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Abstract Urban and regional development in the Information Age has become the focus of the academe.Information technology connects every city together and forms diverse regional urban networks.Since 1960s,the emergence of new technical paradigm has good effects on urban and regional researches,while the research on urban network becomes a hot topic in the western world.With the digital and technological revolution in 1990s,information and innovation are considered in the theoretical framework of urban and regional research.At the same time,new paradigm or concept come forth unceasingly.After 1990s,western scholars mainly research on the following three aspects,the effects of information technology on spatial frame of city,reciprocity of cities,the function and policy of urban network.At present more and more domestic scholars begin to study urban and regional development in the information age,but in this domain,China is still in the early days.The paper reviews the western literatures about network influenced by information technology,simultaneously compares domestic scholars' researches on urban network,and then puts forward important developing directions of urban network research in China.The author thinks that China needs new research method for urban and regional development.Research on representative areas is very necessary and it ought to be set out from regional,urban and industrial aspects.Since corporation is the main body of activity,it plays a positive role in the form of regional network intercommunication.
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Received: 15 June 2006
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2007, Vol. 22 
