Analysis on the Service Functions of Yinchuan City Based on Central Place Theory

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  • 1. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Beijing 100101, CAS;
    2. China International Engineering Consulting Corporation, Beijing 100044, China;
    3. Institute of Geography, Bremen University, Germany

Received date: 2004-06-09

  Revised date: 2004-12-11

  Online published: 2005-03-25

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.40341008; Funded by World Bank

Abstract

The basic characteristics of Yinchuan as a central place city are diagnosed through the analysis of statistical data and questionnaire investigations, with the emphasis on the radiation range of traditional service center and the space-time characteristics of modern service industries. The statistics we collected include passenger and freight flows transported through different ways, and long-distance call flows. The field investigations were conducted on 2596 market customers, 46 house-purchasers of real estate development items, 10123 builders, 528 dining cars, and 858 middle school students. Then, two basic forms of central place system evolution, which influence the spatial structure of China's regional development, are studied theoretically, and the laws underlying service industry changes in regional central cities in recent years are concluded. The key points can be summarized into four groups: (1) the influential coverages of regional central cities depend mainly on their comprehensive strengths and economic links with other cities; (2) great differences in influential coverage exist between different cities providing service functions, and the difference is closely associated with the capacity contrast between central city and the region hosting it in providing service functions; (3) the law of distance decay of central place still exists, and the economic function of threshold is conspicuous; and (4) strengthening of the central city service functions depends on the constant structural upgrading of service industries. Finally, key measures towards strengthening the service functions of cities in western China are proposed.

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FAN Jie, XU Yudong, W. Taubmann . Analysis on the Service Functions of Yinchuan City Based on Central Place Theory[J]. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2005 , 60(2) : 248 -256 . DOI: 10.11821/xb200502008

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