SPATIAL PATTERN OF URBANIZATION IN JIANGSU PROVINCE

Thanks to the help of ArcGIS 9.2 and GeoDA 9.5,with the methods of statistic analysis and ESDA,the study is done by the data of non-agricultural population.The urbanization spatial pattern is analyzed from three sides of time series,spatial series and spatial autocorrelation.The following conclusions are found: the level of urbanization in Jiangsu Province successive decrease from south to north.The rate of urbanization in the middle-Jiangsu is faster than it in the south-Jiangsu,and north-Jiangsu is the lowest.The level of urbanization is towards to a balanced direction.The region number of middle-level is gradually increased.According to the relationship between the country and adjacent country,the countries in Jiangsu province can be divided into the diffuse pattern,polarization pattern,sinking pattern and infection pattern.