ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOUSING SPATIAL STRUCTURE AND LOCATION SELECTION OF RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES IN WUHAN CITY
基于统计数据和抽样调查，利用GIS从定量和实证角度揭示了武汉市居住社区的空间分布规律，包括环楔状扩展、城区集中和沿交通线分布，并分析了居住区位选择偏好。
With the deepening of the housing system reform in China,the residential spatial structure has gradually assumed a complex shape along with its tremendous changes in Wuhan city.It is very crucial and necessary to show the city's housing spatial structure in order to guide the city's housing development and administration.Based on current statistic data and spot checks,this paper ties to open up the spatial law of residential communities of Wuhan city,by means of GIS,from the quantitative and empirical points of view.As far as housing spatial structure is concerned,the three characteristics on the spatial development of residential communities are identified:①the housing is stretching towards surroundings with ring and wedged structure;②residential communities distribution in urban district is concentrating;③on the other hand,the amount distribution of residential communities in the suburbs are examined,mainly along main traffic lines.Meanwhile,based on the above analysis of the housing spatial structure,the characteristics on residential location selection of residential communities are also put forward:①residential communities development and distribution are mainly concentrated along main traffic lines to obtain more convenient location;②more over,a great many of residential communities have distributed around some lakes and along Changjiang or Hanjiang river.So,it is thought much of gradually for the whole city's residents to obtain the better accessibility and surroundings.