Urban Interaction And Integration Of Theory And Empirical Research

Relation between adjacent cities is formed in spatial interaction. "Urban Integration" is a process of adjustments and evolvements of relation between adjacent cities from disorder to order, and also is the expected result of development under object control. On basis of other scholars' academic achievements, with urban interaction and its evolvements through the whole paper, this dissertation expounds systematically and makes a case study on the principles of urban integrative development, spatial and geographic process of urban integration, and object adjustment during urban integration, in the cross view of urban geography and spatial economic geography. A tentative theory system for urban interaction and integration has been set up.This dissertation is divided into three parts: introduction, main body and summarization.The introduction elaborates the purposes of studying urban interaction and integration and its discipline attributes, as well as basic train of thoughts in research and writing of this paper. Meanwhile, according to comparisons in similar studies between China and abroad, the part attaches much importance on goals and actual significance of this paper. This dissertation also puts forward that this thesis is aimed at development theory of urban agglomeration distributed loosely, especially adjacent large city agglomeration, which in some sense is the extension and complement of present theories on urban system.The main body consists of five chapters. Chapter One is preface, which begins with concept of urban interaction and urban integration. This chapter expounds theory connotation of urban interaction and urban integration and their interrelation, pointing out that urban interaction is objective and has ordered process as well as disordered process, accordingly has positive and negative effects. In itself, urban interaction has no practical meaning. However, through integration urban interaction can be adjusted and guided, so to achieve urban integration, which is the essence of theory and practice. Therefore, the essential of harmonious interaction between cities is integrative development of cities. Besides, this part emphasizes that urban integration does not mean local coordination existing only a period between merely two cities. It is some kind ofhigh-ranking government behavior, a part of regional sustainable development, and a long-term, long lasting process and object.Chapter Two expounds principles of urban integration, which begins with conventional urban interaction. On basis of this, this chapter points out the developments and trends of modern urban integration, lying emphasis on motivities, barriers and nodes of urban integration in modern times. Also, this part puts forward such viewpoints as: regional difference, inducement of economic interests, concept of sustainable development, disintegrative status, government intervention are the motivities of modern city integration; Government is the subject of urban integration; co-construction and share of infrastructure, mutual complement in economy, and eco-environment control and prevention are three nodes in urban integration.Chapter Three studies the geographic space of urban interaction and integration. On basis of general theories in space and spatial structure, it defines geographic space of urban interaction and urban integration and expiates their spatial elements, spatial structure and spatial shape. This part puts forward that common geographic space is the prerequisite of integrative development between adjacent cities, and urban integration reacts on reshape the structure of geographic space, so that a new geographic space, namely urban integrative space is formed; urban integrative space has its specific spatial factors, structure and configuration.Chapter Four studies relation of urban integration and adjustment process and method. According to the analysis on relations of urban integration, its evolvements and characters in different stages, this chapter sets forth the goals, principles, proc...