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Overview of the Fundamental Connotation and Strategic Position of China’s Urban Agglomerations

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China’s Urban Agglomerations

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Urban agglomeration is a highly integrated and urbanized cluster of cities. Via extensive literature research and quantitative analysis, this work combs through 120 years of studies and research on the connotation of urban agglomeration and how urban agglomeration’s spatial extents are defined, then proposed 10 definition criteria based on the review.

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  1. Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Chuanglin Fang

  2. Earth and Environmental Studies, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, USA

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Fang, C., Yu, D. (2020). Overview of the Fundamental Connotation and Strategic Position of China’s Urban Agglomerations. In: China’s Urban Agglomerations. Springer Geography. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1551-4_1

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