美国大都市区化及中国城市化模式选择

从美国城市化的历史轨迹看,都市区化已经成为美国区域发展和城市化进程的主流组织模式,是推动美国经济繁荣和提高其核心竞争力的“发动机”,它对中国城市化模式的选择具有重大启迪作用。中美城市化模式尽管存在较大的差异,但大都市区化是中国城市化模式的必然选择,中国以都市区的城市化组织模式取代传统的城镇体系组织模式是中国城市化发展的走向。

American Metropolization and the Choice of the Model of Chinese Urbanization

Seeing from the historical process of American urbanization, urbanism has become a major organizing pattern of regional development and urbanization in America. It is also the “engine” which helps to boost American economy and raise its central competition force. It plays an inspiring role in the choice of the pattern in Chinese urbanization. Although there exists enormous difference between the pattern of urbanization in China and America, metropolization is the inevitable choice that China must adopt. In china, the pattern of urbanization in cities is taking the place of traditional pattern in towns. This trend is where Chinese urbanization should go.