Analysis on the regional differences of urbanization development in Xinjiang
Based on the entropy method,correlation coefficient and grey correlation analysis,SPSS,Matlab,and ArcGIS software were used to analyze the distribution and driving mechanism of regional differences in the level of population development level(PDL)and comprehensive urbanization development level(CUDL)at the prefectural and county scale in Xinjiang.The results showed that the CUDL of urbanization in Xinjiang was increasing.The northern and eastern Xinjiang showed an agglomeration-type growth,and the southern Xinjiang showed a decentralized slow growth trend.The overall trend was high in the north and low in the south.Some southern border counties were still underdeveloped;Xinjiang's PDL and CUDL had changed significantly around 2006.The CUDL of Xinjiang showed a steady increase in 2010;there was a strong correlation between PDL and CUDL in Xinjiang,and the correlation de-gree between each subsystem and the score of urbanization level in Xinjiang was as follows:Economic urbanization>population urban-ization>spatial urbanization>social urbanization.