Yan Xiaopei, Cai Xiaobo. The Characteristics of the Newly-designated Cities and the Impacts on the Spatial Pattern of Chinese Cities since Late 1970s[J]. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis SunYatseni, 1995,34(3):102-108.
Yan Xiaopei, Cai Xiaobo. The Characteristics of the Newly-designated Cities and the Impacts on the Spatial Pattern of Chinese Cities since Late 1970s[J]. Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis SunYatseni, 1995,34(3):102-108.DOI:
the dramatic increase of Chinese cities hasbeen accompanying the rapid development of economy.This paper focuses on the newly designated cities since 1978.Attention is initially paid to the characteristics of thenew cities
including the increase number and rate
the designation ways
provincial dif-ferences
and spatial pattern etc. Then their impacts on the city distribution are exam-ined.In addition
the problems related to the designation are discussed in hopes of pro-viding the references for improving the designation standards