长江三角洲城市群发展研究

概观当代城市发展的趋势，全球化促进了全球城市发展，区域化正在形成巨型城市区域，地方化使城市集群各具特色。长江三角洲城镇群在国家具有特别重要的地位与作用，也是中国融入全球化进程首要的全球区和全球城市形成地区。长江三角洲城镇空间布局应该顺应这些潮流，发展全球城市，建设巨型城市区，组建网络城市，规划走廊城市。

DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN AGGLOMERATION IN THE YANGTZE RIVER DELTA

A general survey on urban development trend shows that globalization promotes the development of global cities,regionalization nurtures mega-city,and localization ensures the characteristics of individual urban agglomerations.The common characteristics of urban development are globalization,the development of global cities and the increasing demand for face-to-face communication.The urban agglomeration in the Yangtze River Delta plays a very important part in China,and is the primary global region and global-city-forming area in the country's process of involving in the globalization.Thus,the spatial distribution of cities in the Yangtze River Delta should follow the globalization trend: improving the development of global cities,constructing megacity regions,establishing network cities,and planning corridor cities.