The Study On The Development Of Small Cities And Towns Of Peripheral Areas Of Metropolitan Regions

Town turn background that urbanization of China was progressed continuously and quickly and urbanization level of China was accelerated elevatedly currently, the very important function is being have by small cities and towns those conduct and action the contact take of city and country. The small cities and towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions were placed in the certainly economic district inside and affected by the radiation and proliferation of the big city and periphery country region. The process of development of countryside urbanization itself is had. By their development, the positive function was made to the progression of regional urbanization, regional economic development and promoting of inturbegration of town country. Also serious problems were appearing, such as the population management, using of resource and environmental protection etc.According to theories of regional economics and urbanization, characteristics and power of development of small cities and towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions were studied in this article. By ideas of systematic and area, small cities and towns were putting into the economic area that common composed by metropolitan region—small cities and towns—periphery country region. The theories, countermeasures and paths of sustainable development of these small cities and towns were studied. The full text was constituted by eight corpuses contents.Ⅰ IntroductionAt first, the realistic and theories background of abroad and nations and the purpose and significance were introduced. Then, overview and evaluation of domestic and international related research progress was made completely and objectively. The emphasis of study was defined. Finally, investigative way of thinking, method, innovation point and frame of this article were explained.Ⅱ Related concept defineFirstly, the concept of small city and town was defined. In base of assay and discussion of content, several related concept, economic characteristic, position and function and the experience and development trend in abroad of small cities and towns, concept of small city and town is defined in this text. Four genera were included in small cities and towns, county town(the town which the county government was located in), other town, townlet that having certain scale and satellite of big city suburb. Then peripheral areas of metropolitan regions were defined. The concept, main characteristics and region scope of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions was probed.Ⅲ Related theories in development of small cities and towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regionsTheories of urbanization and regional economics influencing in development of small cities and towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions were introduced in this chapter. The meaning, progress and characteristics, main form, motive mechanism and related factors of urbanization were expatiated in urbanization theory. On the base of analysis of urbanization of world and China, road of Chinese urbanization in which small cities and towns n should be developed emphatically was defined. The regional space construction theories and regional economic development theories were discussed in regional economics theory. The mode, madding and development power of regional space construction and neighbor effect were included in the former. The regional growth pole and pole-spool development theories, regional economy steps development theories and regional economic radiates development theories were included in the latter. Finally, the theory and development pattern of one stage of urbanization course——suburbanization were discussed.Ⅳ Characteristics, development pattern, motive and problems of small cities and townsThe present condition, characteristics, type(include locational development type and basic function type)and pattern of development of small cities and towns in our country were summarized. Two motive forces of small cities and towns of China: exterior reason and interior reason were studied. Th...