Analysis Of Mechanism And Routes Of Regional Urban Space Restructuring In Northeast China

Regional urban space is not only a product of regional development, but also thecore and the basic skeleton which support the regional development. In differentstages of regional development, there needs different regional urban space withdifferent spatial patterns. At present, in the process of socio-economic transformationand the game between globalization and localization, the contradiction of China’surban and regional development has recently intensified. Poor elements flow betweenthe regional cities, excessive agglomeration of the central city, low development levelof urban agglomerations, slow growth of urban space system’s externalization arebecoming more and more apparent, which severely limits the effect of regional urbanspace on regional development to play. Thus, explore the regional urban spacerestructuring, and promote the coordinative development of urban-region integrationis a major research topic of regional development.Regional urban space is an important part of urban-region theory and a researcharea which is currently advocated by many scholars at home and abroad. Against thecondition that existing research mainly focused on the evolution of regional urbanspace under the influence of external environment and there is little research on theeffects of regional urban space’s variation on regional development in China, thispaper proposed that the restructuring of regional urban space is the response ofregional urban space system to the external environment, the basic direction of therestructuring is to promote regional development. The author emphasized to researchelements, structural model, external function of regional urban space from theperspective of regional economics, and establish the theoretical framework of regionalurban space restructuring.Based on the above-mentioned practical background and theoretical researchneeds, this paper put forward the research topic of regional urban space restructuring;established the system of regional urban space restructuring’s concept andcharacteristics; and systematic analyzed the restructuring of regional urban space.Take Northeast China as a case, used several mathematical and statistical methods;studied the development process, the status quo, and the restructuring mechanism ofthe regional urban space; then, analyzed the trend and the target pattern of regionalurban space restructuring in Northeast China comprehensively; finally, promotedspecific routes to achieve the target of regional urban space restructuring in NortheastChina. The full text was divided into six chapters:Chapter I: Basic theory of regional urban space restructuring. Firstly, based onthe analysis of the relevant concept, the paper put forward the concept andconnotation of regional urban space restructuring; then, the author introduced therelevant theory that the study of this paper can learn from, sorted out the theory andpractice research of regional urban space at home and abroad. The aim of this charpteris to lay a foundation for the specific study of regional urban space restructuring.Chapter II: Theoretical framework of the study of regional urban space restructuring. This chapter is mainly to build a theoretical framework for regionalurban space restructuring, including the process and the driving mechanism ofregional urban space restructuring. General progress of regional urban spacedevelopment can be summarized as before industrialization, early industrialization,middle industrialization and late industrialization; regional urban space restructuringis the result of coupling effect of every driving power within and outside the system.Chapter Ⅲ: Develop process and status characteristics of regional urban spacein Northeast China. This is the beginning of this paper’s empirical analysis. Firstly,the author divided the evolution of the urban space development in Northeast Chinainto four stages, and discussed the elements, geographical pattern and functionaleffects in different stages respectively; secondly, summed up the outstandingproblems of regional urban space in Northeast China from the aspects of its elements.Chapter IV: Driving mechanism of regional urban space restructuring inNortheast China. Summarized the promote power of the regional urban spacerestructuring at present in Northeast China, which include: regional cooperation atdifferent scales, upgrading of regional economic status and transform of industrialstructure, layout and construction of the major transportation infrastructure,adjustment of national development strategies and policies, draw up and implement ofthe spatial development plan. This part provided a theoretical basis for the practice ofNortheast China’s urban space restructuring.Chapter Ⅴ: Restructure trend and target of regional urban space in NortheastChina. According to the current problems of the regional urban space, combined withthe new background of economic globalization, regional integration, and the changeof development strategic in China, the author cleared up the trend and the target ofregional urban space restructuring in Northeast China; then, sketched the newframework of the Northeast China’s regional urban space.Chapter VI: Routes and securities of urban space restructuring in NortheastChina. According to the trend and target of regional urban space restructuring inNortheast China, against the factors which restrict the regional urban space’s functionto play, the paper proposed the basic routes to achieve the target of regional urbanspace restructuring from the inner construction of regional urban space system and putforward securities to make sure a smooth progress of the regional urban spacerestructuring in Northeast China.