Abstract
The research object of this paper is the nine cities of Wuhan urban circle. Firstly, this paper establishes the comprehensive evaluation indicator system and evaluation model of the urban development level via systems analysis, then makes a PCA (Principal Components Analysis) to the original data by means of SPSS; Next, this paper analyzes the worked data via AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and comprehensive score and ranking of the nine cities is obtained and the nine cities are divided into three clusters via K-means clustering analysis; Finally, this paper appraises urban development level of Wuhan urban circle.
Highlights
Wuhan urban circle is known as the "1+8" urban circle, in which the capital of Hubei province: Wuhan municipality is the core city and surrounded by another eight municipalities including Huangshi municipality, Huanggang municipality, Xiaogan municipality, Xianning municipality, Ezhou municipality, Xiantao municipality, Tianmen municipality and Qianjiang municipality
Construction of the Wuhan city circle can drive the rapid economy development of Hubei, and can become the backbone force which drives the rise of central China
According to the urban development theory and the actual situation, the original data corresponding to the evaluation system of the urban development can be collected
Summary
Wuhan urban circle is known as the "1+8" urban circle, in which the capital of Hubei province: Wuhan municipality is the core city and surrounded by another eight municipalities including Huangshi municipality, Huanggang municipality, Xiaogan municipality, Xianning municipality, Ezhou municipality, Xiantao municipality, Tianmen municipality and Qianjiang municipality. The principal component analysis method of economic statistics is always used to calculate the development level of each first-level indicator in the urban development evaluation system (Luo and Yang, 2010).
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