Study Of The Spatial Structure Of The Pudong New Area

Urban spatial structure is the spatial correlation and interaction of elements that made up urban economy community. On April'18 of 1990, the central government announced to open and develop Pudong New Area. After 14 years, Pudong New Area is taking on totally new appearances. Pudong New Area has not only become the predominant factor in Shanghai' s economy growth from 1990' s, but also acted as a dominant role in Yangtze River delta' s development. Based of this background, it' s essential to research the urban spatial structure of Pudong, and to research how the spatial structure of Pudong affect Shanghai' s spatial structure. However, many researches of the urban spatial structure make Shanghai as object, the work making Pudong New Area as the target is not enough. And this is the starting point of my dissertation.The paper consists of 5 parts as follows:Chapter 1 discusses the signification of urban spatial structure, as well as the progress of this specific field in China. In addition, the research approach and the frame of the paper are also described.Chapter 2 reviews some theories of urban spatial structure. And the pattern of China' s urban spatial structure is also discussed, including the evolution of the city of Shanghai' s urban spatial structure.Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 are the core of this dissertation. In Chapter 3, the demographic changes and adjustments of industrial structure of Pudong New Area since the opening of Pudong in 1990 are discussed. Based on the data about economy and population census, the paper applies the method of qualitative and quantitative analysis, and summarizes the characters of economic and population' s developmentsChapter 4 discusses the formation of function of the economic and technological development zones in Pudong, and studies the effects of development zones on urban spatial structure. The result shows the four development zones not only became Pudong New Area' s, but also the city of Shanghai' s new growth space.On the basis of Chapter 1-4, Chapter 5 summarizes the characters of spatial structure in Pudong New Area, and indicates that Pudong plays an extremely important role in the process of constructing "4 centers" and world city for Shanghai under new circumstances. Pudong' s future goal should be established on making effective use of. its potential and functions so as to boost the prosperity of Shanghai and the whole Yangtze River delta.