This book describes the progress and prominent theories of regional development research in the past decades, especially in the past decade, discusses the industrial structure, spatial structure, resources, and environment, as well as a series of practical issues, and reveals the general characteristics of spatial structure evolution in the process of regional development. The research on the issues of regional development has become the frontier of relevant disciplines since the 1950s, and much progress has been made in the process of solving practical problems in social and economic development. This book provides an in-depth and systematic demonstration of the "point-axis system" theory of regional exploitation and development as well as the T-shaped structure of China's regional economic action in theory and practice and discusses the impact of location differential rent, restricted accessibility, technological innovation, etc., on regional development theoretically. This book is used as a reference for planning, scientific research, and teaching personnel in territorial expansion, regional economy, human geography, etc. Preface Introduction Contents 1 Regional Development Is a Major Socio-economic Issue in the Contemporary World 1 Connotation of the Concepts of Regional Exploitation and Regional Development 2 Major Socio-economic Issues in the Contemporary World 3 Huge Socio-economic Development in the World References 2 Progress of Foreign Research on Regional Development 1 Research on International Trade and Inter-regional Work Division 2 Research on Location Theory 3 Research on Regional Policies 4 Research on Industrial Structure 5 Research on the Spatial Structure 6 Research on Macro-regional Development and Economic Growth Mechanism 7 New Theory in Research on National Competitive Advantages 8 Two Methodologies for Research on Regional Exploitation and Regional Development References 3 Progress of Research on Regional Exploitation and Regional Development in China 1 Issues of Regional Exploitation and Regional Development at Two Main Stages 2 Progress of Main Research Fields 3 Basic Evaluation and Outlook References 4 Industrial Structure and Regional Development 1 Basic Connotation of Industrial Structure 2 Basic Industries, Leading Industries and Regional Development 3 Evolution of Industrial Structure in Regional Development 4 Resource Structure and Industrial Structure References 5 Resources, Environment and Regional Development 1 Serious Challenges Posed by Environmental Degradation to Regional Development 2 “Human and Nature” Regional System and Its Sustainable Development 3 China’s Environmental Crisis in the Next Quarter of a Century and the Strategy to Get Rid of the Predicament 4 Establish a Resource-Saving Social and Economic System References 6 Spatial Structure and Regional Development 1 Spatial Structure Theory and Its Practical Significance 2 Evolution Stage and Control of the Socio-Economic Spatial Structure 3 Imbalance of Regional Development 4 Accessibility and Regional Development References 7 Location Differential Rent and Spatial Structure of Urban Land Utilization 1 Land Utilization in Urban Areas Needs to Follows Scientific Laws 2 Formation of Location Differential Rent 3 Significance of the Theory of Location Differential Rent to the Scientificization of Urban Land Utilization References 8 Point-Axis Progressive Diffusion and Point-Axis Spatial Structure System 1 Socio-economic Spatial Distribution and Spatial Organization Process Model 2 Structures and Types of Development Axes 3 Progressive Diffusion of Socio-economic Objects in Space 4 Point-Axis System and Point-Axis-Agglomeration Area References 9 Technological Innovation and Spatial Structure 1 Technological Innovation Is the Fundamental Driving Force for the Evolution of Socio-economic Spatial Structure 2 Development of Information Technology and Spatial Structure of the Social Economy 3 Development of High-Tech Industry and the Spatial Structure Formed References Appendix A Appendix B
