Abstract:

The urban function was studied in this paper,with urban standing as a territorial division of production.Twentyfive municipalities in regions of Jinagsu and Zhejiang Provinces and the city of Shanghai were included in the present study,with the application of multifactor analysis and statistical analysis.The territorial division of production was performed among these municipalities.The urban function system was then defined upon their functions.Shanghai is of the first level with a comprehensive ultraurban.The city of Nanjing,and city of Hangzhou are of the second level,with extraordinarily large urban.Cities including Ningbo,Wenzhou,Shaoxing,Suzhou,Wuxi are at the third level,with comprehensive or professional large urban.Other cities such as Nantong,Yancheng,Xuzhou,Jinhua are the forth level,with comprehensive or professional medium size urban.All others are of the fifth level,with small urban.

Key words: urban function, urban system, municipality, regions of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces and the city of Shanghai