Abstract:

In the context of globalization, corridorcity has appeared as a new pattern of city corridor and serves as a new strategy for the spatial development of urban agglomerations. In the bicentric urban system, close links have been forged between places that are of complementary functions, and the mutual linkages tend to be horizontal rather than hierarchical. The resulting urban configurations take the form of“corridor cities”. Corridorcity theory emphasizes intercourse efficiency and functional integration of urban agglomerations as well as linear urban configurations. At first, the paper summarizes the conceptions and development phase of corridorcity and analyzes the precondition and possibility of the construction of NingboTaizhouWenzhou corridorcity. Then, the building of urban functions of core cities (Ningbo, Zhoushan, Wenzhou, and Taizhou), the construction of transportation corridors and the characteristic development pattern of less development areas are discussed. In the end, relevant strategies and measures are put forward for the function integration of NingboTaizhouWenzhou corridor city.

Key words: corridorcity, NingboTaizhouWenzhou district, core city, transportation corridors