Title: Spatial Integration and Planning of the Valley Cities in the Rapid Agglomeration and Development— A Case Study in Lanzhou City
Abstract: Since 1949, the valley cities in west China have been in the rapid agglomeration and development. Because of the restriction of terrain, some problems, such as the shortage of construction lands, severe environment problems and irrational spatial function systems, have occurred in such cities. How to solve these problems is one of the main and crucial tasks to the valley cities in west China all the while. In the paper, a case study on the spatial structure of Lanzhou City in its rapid agglomeration and development is carried out. Currently, west China is a behindhand region in China, and the most regions including Lanzhou City in west China are still in the initial stage of industrialization. Meanwhile, according to the spatial characteristics of land use and the environmental conditions, it is considered that the “spatial replacement” stratagem of urban spatial functions should be taken in the urban development of Lanzhou City, that is some industries, especially the industries causing the severe environmental problems or needing large area of lands, should be transferred from the central urban area to the peripheral regions. Because the main industries in Lanzhou are petrochemical industries, metallurgical industries, etc., they need large number of resources and energies, it is necessary to improve their technological level and develop the new high tech industries at the same time, that is the “double tracked policy” should be taken in the industrial development. Furthermore, with expanding the central urban area in next 50 years, it will be necessary to bring Baiyin, Dingxi and Lintao into the urban system of Lanzhou so as to solve the urban problems and facilitate the behindhand regions around the city. In conclusion, the existing problems in such cities including Lanzhou will be able to be effectively solved only by combining the urban environmental improvement, industrial transition and spatial function structure regulation together.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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