城市批发流通系统的空间结构与城市的层级关系——以日本为例

本文对日本城市批发流通系统的空间结构及城市的层级关系进行了探讨。研究表明，随着城市规模的扩大，城市中心部的信息与交易功能日益发达，并导致城市批发流通系统功能在空间上的分离，即批发流通中的信息与交易功能逐渐向城市中心部转移，物流功能逐渐向城市外部转移。同时，主要具有交易与信息功能的企业总部逐渐向大城市集中，而主要具有物流功能的企业分支机构逐渐向大城市周边的中小城市分散，从而使城市与城市之间呈现明显的层级关系。

The Spatial Structure of Urban Wholesale Distrbution System and the Hierarchical Relationships of Cities——A Case from Japan

This paper studies the spatial structure of urban wholesale distribution and hierarchical relationships of Japanese cities. The conclusions show that with the expansion of the city scale, the functions of information and transaction of the center of cities become more and more developed. These changes lead to the spatial separation of functions of the urban wholesale distribution system, that is, the functions of information and transaction move to the center of cities while the logistical functions move to the outside of cities. At the same time, the headquarters with transactional and informational functions cluster in the large cities, while the branch units with logistical functions scatter in the small cities around the large cities. This progress leads to the obvious hierarchical relationships among cities.