The book embarks on the tasks to systematically analyze the macro background of the spatial patterns of China's urban development, the theoretical foundations and framework, and its changing trajectory. From a quantitative perspective, we attempt to evaluate the rationale behind the spatial patterns of China's urban development and systematically simulate the various scenarios. From the simulation results, we propose the optimizing goals, priorities, models, and strategies for the spatial patterns of China's urban development. The work in this book attempts to provide constructive suggestions and potential strategies to support the effort to optimize the spatial patterns of China's urban development. It would be a valuable reference for planning departments, development and reform committees, and science and technology administrative departments at various governmental levels. It could also be a valuable addition to graduate students of urban planning, urban development, urban geography and relevant disciplines.

Proposes and establishes the theories and frameworks of optimizing the spatial patterns of China's urban development from four unique viewpoints by conducting extensive field work and examining numerous case studies Develops software packages that can automatically evaluate and simulate the spatial patterns of urban development Adopts intensively GIS techniques to establish evaluative models to diagonize the rationality of the spatial patterns of China's urban development Assists decision-makers to optimize the strategies of urban development through simulation of various scenarios

Autorentext
Dr. Chuanglin Fang currently serves as the Cheung Kong Scholar Chair Professor, academician of International Academy of Sciences for Europe and Asia (IASEA), associate director of the Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Director of the Center for Regional and Urban Planning and Design Research, and Department of Urban Geography and Urban Development of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In recent years, Dr. Fang has mainly engaged in the research and teaching of urban geography, urbanization and city planning. Dr. Danlin Yu obtained his Ph.D. in geography from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2005. He is currently a tenured professor of urban geography and GIS at Montclair State University. Dr. Yu's main research areas include urban and regional development planning, spatial data analysis, geographic information science and technology, geocomputation, simulation of complex systems, big data mining and analysis and its application in human and natural systems.

Inhalt
Scientific Foundations and Theoretical Systems for Optimizing the Spatial Patterns of China's Urban Development.- The Dynamic Evolution and Moving Tracks of the Center of Gravity for the Spatial Patterns of China's Urban Development.- Rationality Diagnosis and Comprehensive Evaluation for the Spatial Patterns of China's Urban Development.- Optimization Goals and Keys for the Spatial Pattern of China's Urban Development.- Optimizing Simulation and Scientific Scenarios for the Spatial Pattern of China's Urban Development.- Optimizing Measures and Policy Advices for the Spatial Pattern of China's Urban Development.