Evaluation of Satellite City Development Strategy: International Prospective
本文从国际视角评估卫星城发展战略，指出其虽能分散城市功能、促进交通导向开发，但可能无法控制中心城增长、导致职住失衡和交通成本上升。
Industrialization and economic growth has driven urban development. As city becomes big, so is the problem of “so-called urban illnesses that include traffic congestion, housing crowding, and environmental pollution etc. Started in 1960s, satellite city development strategy became appealing and attribute to urban scholars, officials and professionals to address these urban problems. This is based on argument that satellite cities/towns will diffuse city functions as well as urban population and/or “intercept migration into central city. Empirical studies reveal that government promoted or “created satellite cities and towns have played limited roles such as urban growth dispersion and diffusion, promotion of transit oriented development, and more housing choices for residents in central city. Studies also demonstrate that negative impacts of satellite cities and towns may outweigh these possible effects. Negative impacts include, but not limited to, (1) inability to redirect and/or control central city growth; (2) job-housing unbalance; (3) rising transportation costs, and (4) low sustainable development for satellite cities and towns.