The Recognition of Basic Concepts of Urban Agglomeration in China

Abstract

Urban agglomeration is not an isolated or enclosed system. It is a relatively comprehensive organic whole maintaining close linkage with neighboring districts, especially cities and towns of different sizes in dense area of economically developed regions, which rely on the natural conditions, modernized transportation system and highly developed information network. In terms of new trends including the economic globalization and the new urbanization, every city of the urban agglomeration contributes to the economics of the urban-rural integration district, carrying city function as well as radiating function. The article regards that the dynamic of urban agglomerations of China comes from the highly development of urbanization and analyzes the similarity between urban agglomerations and dense area of cities. Recognition of the basic concepts and the standards of identifying the scope of urban agglomerations of China are also presented for reference and further study.