REGIONAL MATRIX AND REGIONAL THINKING IN URBAN PLANNING
提出区域矩阵概念，强调城市发展依赖区域基础，并从区域视角思考城市规划，对从事区域与城市研究的学者有参考价值。
Urban and region is the eternal subject of space interaction.The paper introduces the concept of the regional matrix when describes urban and regional interaction,emphasizing the regional supporting basis in the region of space or outer space development.Cities are regional births,in the process of its interaction with regional matrix,depending on their role regional base can be divided into urban regional system,regional urban systems,urban-regional system.As the city being present in the region,beginning with regional,Therefore,we need to study the city from a regional perspective,with a regional mind to think about urban development,which also determines the regional thinking of urban planning.Currently,this regional thinking in urban planning,mainly reflected through strategic planning,urban system planning,urban agglomeration planning,metropolitan planning and other forms.