Urbanization and its Classification in China from the Consideration of Environment

Abstract

In this study, the relation of urbanization in China urban areas has been investigated with energy consumption, social economics, infrastructure, transportation and environment. The results showed that the impact of those factors on the urbanization become significant. The deep investigation is needed in clearing the effect of the local development on the urbanization. In this paper, the energy consumption, social economics, infrastructure, transportation/communication and environment have been used as a index to evaluate the importance of the urbanization in China Province with the urbanization area and population. By using the statistical method, the classification of urbanization has been made. As the result, the provinces in China could be divided into the IV classification. Also, the energy index, the infrastructure index, the social economy index increased as to make a city progressed but it found that the environment index fell oppositely from the factor analysis. © 2005, Architectural Institute of Japan. All rights reserved.