Mega-city region is the mainstream of global urban development and also the dominant model of the
neo urbanization process in China. The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, Yangtze River Delta area and Pearl River
Delta area are China’s three largest and most mature mega-city regions, the status of which represents the general
level of the urban and regional development in China. Based on entire-array-polygon method, this paper makes
a comprehensive evolution assessment of the three mega-city regions in terms of urban population index, urban
economy index, urban life index, urban culture index and urban primacy index. In terms of general developing
level, the three mega-city regions have progressed to optimize the structure. With their respective advantages and
disadvantages, the three mega-city regions initially realize a “diversified” regional layout. The difference and gap
among the three mega-city regions are obviously decreasing, which contributes to the regional balance of China
metropolitan development. The rankings of the three mega-city regions will be in a continuous adjustment. The
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area is possible to catch up and take the lead.
LIU Shi-lin* (刘士林), SHENG Rong (盛 蓉), ZHANG Yi-wei (张懿玮), LIU Xin-jing (刘新静), WANG Xiao-jing (王晓静), KONG Duo (孔 铎)
. volution Assessment of China’s Three Mega-City Regions Based on Entire-Array-Polygon Method[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Science), 2013
, 18(6)
: 756
-762
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DOI: 10.1007/s12204-013-1462-6
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