Metropolitan areas can better develop with help of housing system

A metropolitan area is a continuous urban zone consisting of one or more central cities, several medium and small-sized cities and many small towns. A metropolitan area is the byproduct of economic and social activities, which changes from spatial clustering to spatial diffusion, from full clustering to low-end spatial diffusion, and from simple spatial division of labor to complicated spatial division of labor.

More and more urban belts in China are becoming metropolitan areas. But in the process of regional integration, resources and factors are becoming more centralized rather than spreading to the surrounding areas, because of the centralization of quality public services and resources in central urban areas. Which has created a vicious circle and, as a result, central urban areas are suffering from urban diseases while the surrounding areas continue to battle under-development.

To break this vicious circle, not only more public service facilities should be transferred to the surrounding areas, but also more infrastructure facilities need to be built on the outskirts of the central urban areas.