基于主要经济指标的长三角大都市圈的城市聚类分析

Urban Cluster Analysis of Yangtze River Delta Metropolis Circle Based on the Main Economic Indicators

摘要: 长江三角洲都市圈在我国国民经济发展中具有十分重要的地位和作用，中国经济每增长1个百分点，沪苏浙约占1/3，因此长江三角洲地区经济发展状况和水平体现着中国的经济发展状况和水平。本文根据2013年度的长江三角洲的16个城市的主要经济指标，运用R和Rattle两个开源软件，进行了城市聚类，客观评价了各个城市经济发展在长三角经济发展中的相对位置，为该地区各个城市的进一步发展和提高城市竞争力提供决策参考。

Abstract: The Yangtze River Delta metropolitan area in the development of national economy in our country has a very important position and role. For each China’s economic growth of 1%, Shanghai-Su-Zhe- jiang accounts for about 1/3, therefore the Yangtze River Delta area economic development status and level embodies China’s economic development situation and level. In this paper, based on the 15 cities’ main economic indicators of the Yangtze River Delta in 2013, using R and Rattle two open source software, we has carried on the urban cluster. We have evaluated objectively the relative ranking of economic development of those cities in the Yangtze river delta economic development, providing decision-making reference to the further development of cities in the region and the improvement of urban competitiveness.