Study On Several Issues Of Urbanization In Western China

Along with the implement of the stratag of "the Great Development of the Western Region", the urbanization of the vast poor western China becomes more and more important. Urbanization has great significance of settling dual economy structure, accelerating industrialization and extending internal demand, optimizing and updating industry structure, promoting society progress, realizing sustainable development, improving the ability to compete of our country. Based on referring exist study, the writer made an analysis on several important issues of urbanization, adopting the research methods of induction and deduction, analogy analysis, statistic analysis and from theory to practice, the followings are the main points of the thesis: 1) Through analyzing the fundamental conditions of west urbanization of China such as : region economy condition, population makings and density, nature resourse, traffic and communication conditions and industry status etc, analyzing and evaluating the west urbanization level at present, cities distribution, states of urbanization and industrialization, the writer make a conclution of the drawbacks of west urbanization: (1) poor region economy; (2) unreasonable industry structure; (3) disharmonious policies of urbanization; (4) low population makings and density; (5) unreasonable cities distribution and backward communal-ties. 2) By referring existent theories of urbanization the writer put forward region layout of west China urbanization and development mode. Region layout of urbanization is about bringing into play region advantages on the basis of existent cities, and developing several metropolis groups: metropolis groups of ChengDu—ChongQing—GuiYang—KunMing, XiNing—NanZhou—XiAn, HuHeHaoTe—BaoTou—YinChuan and KuErLe—WuLuMuQi—TuLuFan—ShiHeZi etc; Development mode indicates that urbanization should be practical and realitistic, adjust measures to local conditions, concretely analyze material matters. 3) Location Quotiant theory is being used to make a conclution that advantage industries of Chinese west cities should be choisen from: (1) the high energy consumed industries; (2) the mineral product machining industries; (3) the farm produce industries; (4) the tourist industries. 4) It is important to harmonize the relationship amang various aspects during the western urbanization. The writer view that the things should be done from the following five aspects: dimensional harmonization, industry construction, policy and market of city, sustainable development, external opening.