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.