标题：Origin, spatial pattern, and evolution of urban system: Testing a hypothesis of "urban tree"作者：Fan, Yong; Yu, Guangming; He, Zongyi

来源出版物：HABITAT INTERNATIONAL卷：59 页码：60-70 DOI：10.1016/j.habitatint.2016.11.012 出版年：JAN 2017

摘要：The origin, spatial pattern, and evolution of urban system have been hot research issues in the field of urban system. In this study, the theory of "urban tree (UT)" was proposed to address these issues. The spatial pattern of urban system can be expressed by the phrase UT and the growth of the UT reflects the origin, spatial pattern, and evolution of urban system. Analysis of the UT growth can reveal the evolutionary mechanisms of the urban system. We present an UT resistance model to determine spatial extension in the evolutionary processes of urban system. The Thiessen polygon method and spatial re mapping were used to construct the UT. Data collected in 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 from cities in the Huai River Basin were used to construct the UT model to analyze the origin, spatial pattern, and evolution of urban system in this region. Xuzhou City was the UT "tree root" and the UT growth the followed four paths. Growth of cities on the nodes of these paths promoted the evolution of urban system. The UT theory expresses the spatial pattern and evolution of urban system in an intuitive way and helps to explain the origin and evolution mechanisms of urban system. Empirical research supported the UT theory. Because of the operational and visual expression, this theory has broad application prospects in the urban system research.

入藏号：WOS:000393009000006

文献类型：Article

语种：English

作者关键词：Urban system, Urban tree theory, Resistance model, Origin, Spatial pattern, Evolution mechanism

扩展关键词：METROPOLITAN REGION; GROWTH; CHINA; AGGLOMERATION; SPRAWL; CITIES; MODEL; LAND; DETERMINANTS; EXPANSION

通讯作者地址：Fan, Y (reprint author), Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.Yu,

GM (reprint author), Cent China Normal Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.

电子邮件地址：gisfanyong@163.com; yu_guangming@163.com

地址：

[Fan, Yong; He, Zongyi] Wuhan Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.

[Fan, Yong; Yu, Guangming] Key Laboratoty Geog Proc Anal & Simulat, Wuhan 430079, Hubei

Province, Peoples R China.

[Fan, Yong; Yu, Guangming] Cent China Normal Univ, Coll Urban & Environm Sci, Wuhan 430079, Peoples R China.

研究方向：Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Public Administration; Urban Studies

ISSN：0197-3975

eISSN: 1873-5428

影响因子：2.029