A Study on Population Spatial Distribution Changes and Suburbanization in Guangzhou City——Compare with Beijing and Shanghai

Based on the data from China's third,fourth and fifth national census,this paper analyses the spatial distribution change of total population in Guangzhou city.It is exposed that since 1980s Guangzhou city has been in a stage that urbanization and suburbanization exist together.On one hand the total population of metropolis has increased rapidly because of the entrance of a large quantity of non-native population,on the other hand the population of central city has suburbanized obviously since 1990s.However,compared with Beijing and Shanghai,Guangzhou's population suburbanization has emerged more lately and the main reasons are the limitation of natural condition,the restriction of administrational region and the effect of urban development strategy.