ABSTRACT
Since 1980, Beijing has begun the conversion from centralization to
suburbanization, which started with movement of the industry area and the
suburbanization of the population. The suburbanization of residential area as the
indication of population suburbanization took place in 1990s and proceeded in the later
years. Residential suburbanization is a separate and evolutional process in which a large
of city residence moved from the city center to the outer suburb area because of the
influence of various factors during the urbanization. It is a necessary step in the
conversion from the centripetal-type urbanization to the centrifugal-type urbanization. It
has an enormous impact on the development of urban economy and society.
This essay systematically analyses the phenomenon of residential suburbanization
in Beijing, on the basis of the domestic and the international residential suburbanization
theories and the reality of the residential market in Beijing. Firstly, the essay analyses
the conversion process from the urbanization to suburbanization in Beijing in the
time-dimension. The large movement of population to outer area led to the continuous
increase in the quantity of residential buildings in suburban, which accelerate the
phenomenon of the residence suburbanization at that time. This essay analyses the
actuality of the development of the residential suburbanization in Beijing, including
development process, layout characteristic, the choice of residential areas of citizens,
influential factors and problems remaining. Then the essay discusses the reason of the
problems, and educes the infrastructure of the power mechanism of residential
suburbanization in Beijing. Lastly, it puts forward to the suggestion for the development
of residential suburbanization in Beijing.
The first point of innovation is that the essay summarizes the development
venation of residential suburbanization in Beijing since the foundation of P. R. China;
expounds the actuality, the power mechanism and problems. And put forward to the
solutions and suggestion. The essay expounds residential suburbanization in Beijing
systematically, based on the residential suburbanization theories. The second point is the
establishment of the infrastructure of the power mechanism of residential
suburbanization in Beijing. It puts forward to the power mechanism including market
power, system power and environment power. The market power is dominant one; the
system power is as an engine; and the environment power is the accelerator. Three