Research on the hierarchical structure of the metropolitan system and economic development of the provincial capital urban circle in Shandong

• Published in: Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 78 - 86
• Main Authors: Qiao, Xiaoyong, Meng, Yanchun, Zhu, Xiangyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 02-01-2015; School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China%School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China%School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China; School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
• Subjects: capital; circle; development; economic; economic development; hierarchical; hierarchical structure; metropolitan; metropolitan system; provincial; provincial capital urban circle; Shandong; structure; system; urban; economic development; metropolitan system; Shandong; provincial capital urban circle; hierarchical structure
• ISSN: 1004-2857; 2325-4262
• DOI: 10.1080/10042857.2014.998873

Regional development is the trend for future urbanization,and the urban circle is a highly efficient economic spatial pattern of regional development.This study selects statistical data of urban area population,GDP,and the output value of tertiary industry for seven cities in China- Jinan,Zibo,Tai’an,Laiwu,Dezhou,Liaocheng,and Binzhou- in the Shandong provincial capital urban circle from 2005 to 2009.It uses the principles and Zipf model,rank-size rule,and Lotka logarithmic model to analyze and study the hierarchical structure of the metropolitan system and economic development of the Shandong provincial capital urban circle.Based on the above research,this paper provides references for decisionmaking on enhancement of the metropolitan system structure,improvement in core city primacy index,the optimal adjustment of industrial structure and the optimal allocation of essential resources.