STUDY ON DEVELOPMENTAL MODEL OF MARKET TOWN SYSTEM IN MOUNTAINOUS AREA:A CASE STUDY OF SHILIN COUNTY

At present,studies on developmental model of market town system are mainly concentrated on plain,few on studies of mountainous area.Considering the theoretical structure of geography and reality in China and study area.The new view has been proposed in this paper that rural settlement,market town and city are three stages of a sequence of settlement unity.The supportable role of market town has been pointed out emphatically.Based on the view,the relationship between the formation of market town system in mountainous area and geographic environment,the characteristics and function of market towns system in mountainous area have been studies taking Shilin as a case.Following the analysis of the developmental mechanism in perspective of spatio— temporal and structure levels studies traditional pattern of geographic science.Furthermore,developmental model of market town system in mountainous area have been deduced and inferred in the light of sustainability.Research results indicated that restricted factors on development of market town system in mountainous area are so complicated,and traffic condition and scale are two main restricted factors.Spatio—temporal synchronization is dominative mechanism of development of market town system in mountainous area.