| In the period of farming civilization and the industrial revolution, the mostdensely populated and economically developed areas always along the river. Thebasin gave birth to human civilization. In the course of modern economicdevelopment, especially since the second industrial revolution, the impact of waterresources has become an important factor of economic development for a nation orregion. Water is the heart of a basin, a river is the main axis of the basin. The eco-nomic development of a river basin depends on water. The development and utiliz-ation of water resources will directly affect the economic development of the basin.Since the thirties of last century, the United States of Mississippi conducted asuccessful governance and development, some other developed countries haveembarked on a number of study of river basins development. Valley economy is thecarrier of national economy.With the growth function, it can promote economicgrowth.While with the studying of structure of basin economic space, we can graspthe patterns of basin economic development from the macro trends, so as to furtherreasonable on the River Development and utilization of reference.For these years, our research on the watershed economic, always emphasis onwatershed development and governance, economic development and watershedspatial differentiation of economic. The research on the economic spatial variationof basin are mainly directed against some major rivers such as the Yellow River,Yangtze River Valley, but for some small valley,the research is rarely. FujianProvince located in China’s southeast coast, which is one of the earliest openingcities. Since the reform and opening up, the overall economic strength of Fujian,have been markedly enhanced, but the speed and effectiveness of its economicdevelopment are not among the best of the country. Minjiang, as the largest river inFujian Province, its economic development have large influence on the level ofeconomic development of Fujian Province. But there are little research on theeconomic of Minjiang River, and the research on its spatial structure of economy isalmost a blank.Therefore, to study the Spatial pattern of economic of Minjiang River from 1993to2008, this article using methods of principal component analysis and GISspatial analysis, and softwares of SPSS, ARCGIS and Geoda. Then pointed outthat,though the overall economy of the Minjiang River has been great developde,but its increasing speed still under Fujian Province.The structure of core and edgeexists in economic space and have the situation of easing core-periphery of thepolarization. The economic focus on the southeast coast of Minjinag downstream.The section differences are significant. The spatial pattern of the economy isthe"Point-axis-circle" model which have breakpoints on axis. By using themethod of spatial autocorrelation analysis on the study of economic development ofMinjiang River, we can find that there are always a "hot zone" and a "blind spotzone". Then we discuss the mechanism of the economic spatial differentiation ofMinjiang River from six aspects.Especially, we make some GIS thematic mapsabout the level of investment impacts and transportation accessibility. Finally, thereare some recommendations on the optimization of the spatial variation of MinjiangRiver Economic.We should take the economic development strategy of the threegradients for the regional differences in Minjiang River.We should trainingWuyishan City ang Shaowu City as new poles, while optimizing the original threegrowth poles, so as to led the economic development of the upstream.For thesituation of the slow development on the upper, the most important thing is theoptimization of axis. We should increase the investment of infrastructure in theupstream mountainous areas, and especially strengthen the construction of railwaysand highways. |
