Study On The Integration Of Small Towns Of Peripheral Areas Of Metropolitan Regions

With economical globalization and global city time approaching, The process of Suburbanization and Rural Urbanization speeds up obviously. The small towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions, situated at the most dynamic district which the city and the village mutually affected. Its construction and the development, not only transmit, guide social and economic development of the peripheral countryside area, but also have impetus on the social, economic development and the spatial expansion of the metropolitan regions. Studying on the small towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions, enriched the spatial structure of metropolitan regions, also deepen the research of the small towns development in China. Therefore, as the region entity which the economical, social and environment sensitivity are most intense, as the region entity which the way of spatial utilization varies frequently, the study on the integration of towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions, appears especially important.Embarking upon overview of the domestic and foreign research literature on metropolitan spatial structure and the small towns research, from three aspects in metropolitan development, the mutual relations between the metropolitan and the small towns in its peripheral areas, the small towns in metropolitan peripheral areas, the paper summarizes the corresponding theory on the metropolitan development, the mutual relations between the metropolitan and the small towns in metropolitan peripheral areas, the development of the small towns in metropolitan peripheral areas. And taking Heifei city as example, make a specific study on the integration of small towns of peripheral areas of Hefei metropolitan regions.The study, on the integration of small towns of peripheral areas of Hefei metropolitan regions, includes two parts. The first part is the present situation research. The first part, analyzes the process on economy and the spatial development of Hefei, introduces the general situations and the basic type of small towns of peripheral areas of Hefei metropolitan regions, sums up the character of the small towns of peripheral areas of Hefei metropolitan regions. The character is small scale, weak function, thick density, unbalanced distribution, insufficient development power, the lower industrial level. The second part make a deep research on space integration and integration of the characteristic town to those small towns. The space integration analyzes its influence factor, from the central city diffusion effect, from the tertiary industry development of those small towns, proposes the space integration project "nine great functional regions, two pole axis, fourteen the growing point including five first-class, nine second-class". About integration of the characteristic town, the paper analyzes the primary industry characteristic towns, the industry characteristic towns, puts forward the integration scheme on traveling resources characteristic, scenic spot, tourism route.Through the study on the integration of small towns of peripheral areas of Hefei metropolitan region, the paper indicates the view that the integration of small towns of peripheral areas of metropolitan regions, should take space and industry as emphasis. The space integration, taking spatial expansion and industry transition as important factor, should abide by the principle which the geographical position and the function is close. The industry integration should consider the phenomenon, which the small town accept the gradient transfer industry from metropolitan region. And it should take account for resources superiority of the small town, in order to developing its own characteristic industry, forming the corresponding characteristic town.