Based on the review of the related literature, this paper builds a conceptual model to describe the meaning of urban economies of scale.On this basis, it uses the quantitative analysis to explore the relationship of urban scale economy, urban population size and urban spatial scale.The results are shown as follows.1)Nowadays, the main driving force of scale expansion of urban space is population growth.2)In the cities with a population of 10-20 million, the space occupied by per unit population growth is relatively large, which should be given priority to the development.3)In the cities with a population of over 20 million, the space occupied by per unit economic growth is relatively large, which should be developed on a moderate scale, and in regional development, one of the fundamental tasks is to build a rational urban system.Based on theoretical analysis, this study puts forward some proposals for the urban and regional planning.
CHEN Hong-xia
. Evaluation on the benefit of scale economies and population size in the context of intensive land-use[J]. GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH, 2012
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