Abstract:

Taking the city of Zhengzhou as an example,combined with the China geographical condition census and monitoring result,this paper extracted the boundary of urban built-up areas by using the category,location and range of humanity and geographic element,as well as the contemporaneous urban economic and population statistics data.Subsequently,this paper analysed from four sections including the urban area expansion,urban land use efficiency,urban spatial expansion coordination and urban spatial structure and morphological change.The urban spatial pattern expansion and its change rule of Zhengzhou during the year of 2000—2016 was revealed,and the change trend of monitoring element for the central urban area was forecasted.It can be seen from this article that this research result can provide decision-making basis for the scientific regulation and sustainable development of Zhengzhou.

Key words: China geographical condition census, urban spatial pattern, urban land use efficiency, urban spatial expansion coordination, urban spatial structure and morphology