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| EVALUATION OF URBANIZATION DEVELOPMENT COORDINATION AND ANALYSIS OF REGIONAL DISPARITIES IN JIANGSU PROVINCE |
| LI Xin, LI Xing-xiao, OU Ming-hao |
| Collage of Land Management, Nanjing Agriculture University, Nanjing 210095, China |
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Abstract The purpose of this paper is to decompose composite urbanization into four parts, namely population urbanization, economic urbanization, land urbanization and social urbanization. With further consideration, the four parts must be in the coordination coupling state, if not that, composite urbanization will be in an un-health state. The technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) method is applied to evaluate the coordination degree of the four categories of urbanization which is the results of decomposition of comprehensive urbanization. Afterwards the paper analyzes the evaluation results and the regional differences of evaluation results to provide the basis for regional urban development policy. From the results we could find that Changzhou and Yangzhou, with the four aspects of urbanization displaying good coordination, are in the quality coordination zone, showing there is no type of urbanization faster or slower than other three urbanizations; Nanjing, Zhenjiang, Suzhou and Wuxi are in the favorable coordination zone, with relative lagged land urbanization, indicating the efficient and intensive urban land use of these four cities, also with high stage of economic, population and social urbanization, certificating their quality of urbanization is high; Xuzhou, Huai'an and Nantong are in the basic coordination zone, with rapid land urbanization and lagged social urbanization in Xuzhou and Huai'an, which means the urban land use in these two cities is extensive and not efficient compared to other cities, aslo the number of public services product supply is less than the normal requirement. The lagged land urbanization in Nantong city suggests that the process of urban expansion of the city is slow and the land cost level of urbanization is not high compared to other cities; the urban land use intensity of Taizhou is high and its urban development have adopted a smart growth path; Lianyungang and Suqian are in the moderate disorder zone.
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Received: 24 June 2011
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2012, Vol. 27 
