A Geographical Penetration into Urban Cohesion of The Economic Zone on the West Coast of Taiwan Straits——A Case Study of Xiamen and Zhangzhou

The issue of urban cohesion has become one of the hot topics in the academic study.This paper discusses the issue by taking Xiamen and Zhangzhou as a research object,which is a core region of the economic zone on the west coast of Taiwan Straits.First,this paper introduces the development of case and the extent of academic domain.Then it makes a critical review on research into urban cohesion.Supported by software of SPSS and ArcGIS,the authors select Xiamen and Zhangzhou as research unit,and use the data from statistical yearbooks of Xiamen and Zhangzhou covering the years of 2003-2009.Based on studies on urban cohesion,this paper draws some conclusions as follows.From 2003 to 2009,there is a certain rule in the spatial moving direction and the distance between the economic gravity center and every industrial gravity center,i.e.the economic gravity center is moving from the southwest to northeast,the primary industry is moving to south,while the secondary and tertiary industries is moving to northeast.Overall,it shows the trend that the spatial pattern of industry,as the development of the urban cohesion of Xiamen and Zhangzhou,is reasonable in the view of spatial pattern.Meanwhile,the coordination index of industrial structure also shows that Xiamen and Zhangzhou have the requirement to achieve urban cohesion,and urban cohesion will impel Xiamen and Zhangzhou to a great development.