STUDY ON THE CITY ORIENTATION IN PERIPHERAL AREAS OF METROPOLIS IN THE YANGTZE RIVER DELTA——A CASE STUDY OF SUZHOU AND NANTONG

On the basis of the theories of metropolitan area and location,this article probes into the future orientations of Suzhou and Nantong,which are located in the peripheral areas of Shanghai metropolitan area,under the background of economic globalization and market integration from the perspective of labor division and coordination between regions.In the end,the article proposes thinkings on how to develop and carry out these orientations and take them as references to the sound development among other cities in the metropolitan area in the Yangtze River Delta.