经济整合与大都市圈发展研究

经济整合是实现区域经济一体化的目标，而大都市圈发展同样是为了实现区域经济一体化的功能。文章通过探讨经济整合和大都市圈发展的功能特征，指出经济整合与大都市圈发展既有联系又有区别，即经济整合是大都市圈发展的最终归宿；大都市圈发展推动了经济整合；差异性造就了经济整合与大都市圈发展的特色。二者之间的联系和区别为我们理解经济整合与大都市圈发展的关系提供了理论和实践的指导。

Economic Integration and the Metropolitan Sphere

Economic integration is the object of making regional economic integration. Meanwhile, the development of metropolitan sphere is also regarded as an effective way to realize the integration. By probing into the functional characteristics of economic integration and the development of metropolitan sphere, the writer drew a conclusion that economic integration and development of metropolitan sphere share some similarities while differentiating each other. In other words, economic integration is the destiny of development of metropolitan sphere; the development promotes the integration. Differentiation gives rise to the unique features of the development and the integration, The inner connection and differentiation of these two provide theoretical and practical guidance to the relationship between economic integration and the development of metropolitan sphere.