A Historical And Theoretical Approach To The Relationship Between Industrial Technology And Urbanization

The theme of the article is the relationship between industrialtechnology and urbanization. Industrial technology refers to a technological system, which is usedin industrial production activities and plays a leading and decisive role in it.All the technical forms, including the industrial technology, arecharacterized to be applicable, systematic, comprehensive, relevant andsubjective;however, only the decisive character is unique to the industrialtechnology. Industrial technology is the first productive force, and theessence is its decisive function. The urbanization is the process oftransformation from countryside residents to city residents and the processof city continual development and perfection. In a sense, the essence ofurbanization is technicalization, namely the unity of technologyindustrialization and technology socialization with humanity as its core.The technology industrialization forms the industrial technology, and leadsto the technology socialization, and it's the kernel and basis of theurbanization;the technology socialization forms the social technology, andproduces the technology industrialization, and it's the condition and powerof technicalization. The essence of the industrial technology has thedecisive function for urbanization, and the essence of the urbanization hasthe mutual influence and relevant character for industrial technology. There is a historical corresponding relationship between theindustrial technology and urbanization: the manual technology supportsagriculture and manual industry, and becomes the basis ofagriculture-industry town in ancient times. The mechanical technologysupports the mechanical industry, and becomes the basis of industrializedcity in modern times;the high technology supports the high technologyindustry, and becomes the basis of information city nowadays. Theevolution of industrial technology and urbanization containstransformation of social system.The mutually dynamic relationship between the industrial technologyand urbanization is a contradiction relationship of the unity of opposites.The industrial technology decides the urbanization: the expansion ofindustrial technology system leads to the stages of the urbanization process;the layered development of industrial technology drives the progressivelyprogress of the urbanization steps;the reorganization of industrialtechnology leads mainly to the structural transformation of theurbanization;the globalization of the industrial technology backs theinternationalization of the urbanization;the paradigm of industrialtechnology rules the form of the urbanization. The industrial technologyand the system are co-existent, and the decisive character of the industrialtechnology for urbanization includes the importance of the system. Theurbanization promotes the development of industrial technology: the scopeincreasing of the city market expands the spatial field of industrialtechnology system;the integration of the city residents enhances therelevant degree of the industrial technology system;the phalanx of the citysystem improves the structure of the industrial technology;theecologicalization of city environment increases the level of the industrialtechnology system;the socialization of city technology catalyzes thetechnology industrialization. The industrial technology runs againsturbanization: abuse of the industrial technology damages city environment;the development of industrial technology and urbanization do not advanceside by side;the improvement of the industrial technology rejects theemployment of labor forces in city and population assembly;theover-urbanization restricts the development of industrial technology.There is a historically special character for Chinese industrialtechnology development and urbanization process. The strategy principleof industrial technology development and urbanization at the socialismprimary stage of China is as follows: promoting urbanization withindustrial technology modernization as the key;strategy target isurbanization of the countryside and modernization of the city;strategyemphasis lays on small town and great city;strategy stage and way is touphold "three steps" policy to achieve the unity of city division andintegration.