最佳城市规模理论的三种研究方法

传统的最佳城市规模理论的研究方法主要是成本收益法和经验研究法,成本收益法理论上是合理的,但应用性相对较弱,经验研究法结论丰富,但一定程度上忽视了城市化经济与地方化经济的关联性.最新的城市环境法,依据相关的测度指标,通过对经济、社会、环境的相互作用的研究来确定最佳城市规模.

Three research methods on the optimal city size theory

The traditional research methods on optimal city size include cost-benefit method and experience method. The cost-benefit method is reasonable in theory while weak comparatively in practice. The experience method has many research results while the relationship between the urbanization economy and the location economy has been neglected at some circumstance. However, the update urban environment method gets the optimal city size by studying the interaction of economy, society and environment.