Study of spatial pattern and evolution of urbanization in Hubei Province based on ESDA

With the help of Arcgis 9.3and openGeoDA and the methods of statistic analysis and ESDA, the study was done by the data of the fourth,fifth and the sixth population census and measured by the urbanization rate indications of country level,the conclusions of urbanization pattern and evolution in Hubei province had been found:firstly,the characteristics of urbanization pattern,the urbanization level in Hubei Province was unbalanced and the area of low urbanization level accounted for larger proportion;the cities mainly distributed along with the Yangze River and expressway;the urban primacy index was high and the pyramid urban system was obvious.Secondly,in recent 20years,the spatial pattern of urbanization level in Hubei Province had being gathered gradually and the differences had being narrowed;the diffusion of Wuhan urban cluster was enhancing and the hotspot of urbanization was gradually expanding,but the southwest and northeast of Hubei Province had always been the non-hotspots on regional urbanization level;the urban system in Hubei Province was getting reasonable sustainably and the proportion of urban population in metropolitan and big cities always occupied the largest.