Abstract:

This paper starts from the analysis of regional characteristics of the actual urban statistical area in China and points out the existing problems and the necessity of reconstruction of the actual urban statistical area in China through the comparative study on the construction theory and method about the urban statistical area at home and abroad such as MSA in America and DID in Japan. Then, the paper reviews the literatures of reconstruction research of the urban statistical area in China, and points out that construction of index system and method of demarcating the city scale of urban statistical area are lack of operability. From the point of view of substantiality and comparison, the paper puts forward the idea of reconstruction of urban statistical area in China based on the daily life circle, and discusses the basic structure, constructing method and feasibility of urban statistical area in China based on the daily life circle.

Key words: daily life circle, geography study, reconstruction, urban statistical area