| With the constant improvements of Information infrastructure network andHigh-speed traffic infrastructure network, the time-space compression of information,population, cargo, technology, service, etc come true in the high speed flow channels.The space of flows arises, and challenges the existing logic of the space of placeconstantly. The logic of space of flows plays a more and more important role in socialand economic life in all kinds of time and space scales. Urban and regional space isthe same. Western Urban geography developed world city system, global city andworld city network theory. The research of space of flows in our country has a latestart. As it is known to all, the western society is under “post-industrialization”,“service economy” and”knowledge-based economy” background. But our country isin the acceleration of urbanization development stage, which we call the middle stageof urbanization. The social and economic background is the heavy industrializationstage, which manufacture industry is the main body. Therefore, even if we don’t takethe social and cultural influence into consideration, huge contrasts of“post-industrialization” and “heavy industrialization”,“service economy” and“substantial economy” throw doubt upon the universality of western experience underChinese time and space background.Basing on above realization, this study tries to make a discussion on theinterrelationship of space of flows and space of place theoretically, and carries out thesinicization and localization of the space of flows research through transmissionelements and transmission channels. Then, the study takes Chongqing as the casestudy area, and uses huge amounts of raw data of highway toll-gate to measure andmatch the associated network of districts and counties. Finally, it put forward somesolutions and suggestions on urban and regional organization and management,optimization of highway network.This study includes eight parts:Chapter One is the introduction part. It mainly discuses the research background,theoretical and practical significance of this study, main research methods, mainanalysis indexes and research technical courses. The social network analysis and itsindexes is the key point, and it laid theoretical basis for the following research.Chapter Two is the discussion of basic concepts and research underlay. This partmainly discuses the concepts of “Space”,”Flows” and “Urban and regional space”. Asone of the most classical concepts of Geography,“Space” is basis for thedeconstruction of Space of flows. Basing on the systematic explanation of “space”, itdiscusses the distinction and relations of space of flows and space of place.“Flows”isthe question that is unable to avoid for the research on space of flows. Theclassification, production mechanism, effect ion of flows constitutes the basicframework. It is the sally port of sinicization of space of flows research.”Urban andregional spatial structure” is the one of the foothold of Urban Geography research. This study expound in sequence “the Single-center circle structure”,“the multicenterhierarchy structure”,“the multicenter network structure”, and “the hierarchy-networkstructure” along the historical line of urban and regional spactial development andevolution.Chapter Three introduces the general situation of case study area and the main ideaof this study. This chapter is the underlay for the following research. First of all, itintroduces the general situation in the study area from four aspects: natural geographyprofile, social and economical profile, research scope and the sub-region classificationscheme of Chongqing. And then it carried on the further discussion on theparticularity of case study area from three aspects: the transmission elements, thetransmission channels etc of space of flows in Chongqing. Results show:①thetransmission content of space of flows in Chongqing is entity flow. Becausemanufacture industry is the main body of Chongqing industry;②Highway plays avery important role in space of flows operation channel in Southwest mountainousregion in China.Chapter Four is the research on network structure of districts and counties basingon highway cargo flows. This research follows the overall network to the sub-regionalnetwork route and discuses at different spatial scales. And then it subdivides into twolevels: overall network level and node level. Overall network analysis containsnetwork density, network central potential, core-edge structure analysis, restrictionanalysis, cohesive subgroups analysis, spatial relation distribution, the largest contactflow analysis and attracting scope analysis of key cities. Node level analysis containscentrality analysis, coreness analysis, structural position analysis, hierarchy partitionof node connection and estimation of functional structure.Chapter Five is the research on network structure of districts and counties basing onpassenger flows. This research also follows the overall network to the sub-regionalnetwork route and discuses at different spatial scales. And then it subdivides into twolevels: overall network level and node level. The analysis indexes are mainly the sameas the Chapter Four. But there are some special analysis indexes which are differentfrom the former, according to the particularity of passenger flows, such as thecohesive subgroups analysis and centrality analysis.Chapter Six is connection network fitting research basing on gravity model. Firstly,it built the theoretical connection matrix, using the gravity model. And then it makes acomparison with the network that is built by the actually measured data of highway.This research aims to verify the fitting effect of gravity model, and makes anamendment to the application range of gravity model and the selection of relevantparameters.Chapter Seven is the summary of the characteristics of passenger-cargo flownetworks and the optimization countermeasures for the networks. Firstly, this Chaptermakes a summary for the Chapter Four and Chapter Five. Secondly, it makes aInductive analysis for the whole passenger-cargo flow networks. Finally, it putforwards some optimizing countermeasures for the network.Chapter Eight is the end of the study. This chapter sums up the main conclusion ofthe above researches. Finally, it summarizes the invitation points and shortcomings of this study. There are eight main conclusions:①The task of localization of urban andregional research under the perspective of space of flows is very urgent, and it isfeasible.②The social network analysis is a beneficial supplement to traditionalgeographical analysis.③Highway is a very important operation channel for space offlows in Chongqing.④Longitudinal grade contact is the main stream, regionalconnection groups exsit extensively.⑤Passenger network tends to be consistent withadministrative level, while cargo network tends to be consistent with industry system.⑥Horizontal ties are the product of regional economic development at a certainhigher stage.⑦Traditional gravity model is not good at matching the horizontaltransverse connection.⑧The trend of regional spatial integration in Chongqing isgood. Of course, this study has many shortcomings. For example, it is only a singletime section research, and it has little predictability and so on. These shortcomingswill be overcome in the follow-up research. |
