全球化背景下的城市中心性:概念、测量与应用

城市中心性是城市研究和规划实践中一个重要并且常用的概念,文章从概念辨析、测量方法等方面入手.对全球化背景下的城市中心性进行了探讨,目的在于促进概念更准确的理解和更广泛的讨论和应用.文章指出:"对外服务的相对重要性"是理解和应用中心性的基础和需要继承的概念精神实质;体现中心性的中心职能已由传统的中心性职能发展成为包括工业职能、门户职能、中枢管理职能等在内的职能体系;中心职能空间尺度的拓展决定了全球化背景下城市中心性是近域和远域两种尺度、网络和等级两种体系结构的空间复合;测量和应用城市中心性时必须强调概念的空间内涵和尺度特征;网络分析法和基本活动部分测算法对于城市中心性的测量,需要根据实际情况进行选择.

Debate on Urban Centrality under the Globalization:Concept,Measures,and Application

As an important concept of urban geography,urban centrality is widely used in urban research and planning.But there is much dispute on undersanding and application of urban centrality under the globalization.Urban centrality means the relative important of a city as the provider of central goods and services in excess of the needs of its own residents,which is the key point in understanding and application of this concept.The paper suggests the central functions including central place function,industrial f...