Stability of spatial structure of urban agglomeration in China based on Central Place Theory

Chinese Geographical Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 193-202

  Fang, Chuanglin ^a   Song, Jitao ^a,b   Song, Dunjiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Central place system (CPS); Central place theory; China; Stability of spatial structure; Urban agglomeration (UA)

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34848864536     PISSN: 10020063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11769-007-0193-8     Document Type: Article

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