Metropolitan Area Formed The Development Of Empirical Research

Metropolitan Areas are the dominant trend of the development of urbanization in 21st century. In nearly 20 v ears, with the speeding of urbanization in our country, Metropolitan Areas andMegalopolis began to take shape and developed rapidly in some much developed economy areas. This phenomenon becomes new question for studying in tirbanology. This thesis taking the city of Zhengzhou for example and using the way of demonstration aims to inquire into the characteristics of the development of Metropol itan Areas in our country. And it puts forward the thoughts and countermeasures of the development of Metropolitan Areas. The thesis includes the four following parts.The first part states the basic concept and characteristics of Metropolitan Areas. In the beginning it analyzes the differences of concept and divided standards of Metropolitan Areas between china and foreign countries. And then it sums up themutual characteristics of Metropolitan Areas that are high conglomeration, high energy and opening.The second part analyzes the causes of formation and courses of development of MetropolitanAreas. Centripetal force, centrifugal force and frictional force have influenced the process of city evolution. The emergence2of Metropolitan Areas is the result of centrifugal force that played dominant role. The process of Metropolitan Areas in foreign countries is shown the process of suburbanization. While the development of Metropolitan Areas in china is mergence of urban and rural.The third part illustrates the development of Metropolitan Areas taking the city of Zhengzhou for example. Firstly it analyzes the necessities and feasibility of forming Zhengzhou Metropolitan Areas. Secondly it defines the bound of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Areas. Thirdly it analyzes the present conditions, characteristics and problems of Zhengzhou Metropolitan A r e as.The Fourth part probes into the plan of the development of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Areas, which includes the followings: setting the reasonable aims and scales of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Areas, analyzing the niotivationofZhengzhouMetropolitan Areas anddiscussing the thoughts and countermeasures of Zhengzhou Metropolitan Areas. Among the whole thesis, the third sect ion in the second part, the third section in the third part and the third section in the fourth part are eniphas i zed.