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Arid Land Geography ›› 2025, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (12): 2260-2270.doi: 10.12118/j.issn.1000-6060.2025.160

• Regional Development • Previous Articles    

Urban spatial structure characteristics of Lanzhou from the perspective of construction environment

CHEN Long1(), ZHANG Zhibin2, WANG Xiaoqi3, ZHAO Xuewei2, DONG Jianhong4   

  1. 1 College of Finance and Economics, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    2 College of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    3 School of Tourism, Lanzhou University of Arts and Science, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
    4 School of Architecture and Art Design, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China
  • Received:2025-03-25 Revised:2025-05-27 Online:2025-12-25 Published:2025-12-30

Abstract:

The synergistic development of urban space and the built environment is essential for achieving sustainable urban development. This study examines Lanzhou, a river valley city, by constructing a community built environment quality evaluation index system using multi-source data to analyze its urban spatial structure and influencing factors. Key findings include: (1) From the perspective of the built environment, Lanzhou’s urban space exhibits an east-west axial, belt-like “core-periphery” structure, characterized by a spatial distribution pattern combining multiple centers with a fan-shaped expansion area dominated by the axial belt. (2) Regression analysis indicates that land price, mean elevation, distance from communities to the district administrative center, and distance to transportation stations significantly influence the urban spatial structure, while distance to subway stations, community road network density, land use type, public space availability, and population size have secondary impacts. (3) The influence of land price and land use type on the urban spatial structure has steadily increased. These findings offer theoretical and practical insights for optimizing urban spatial configurations in river valley cities and promoting high-quality urban development.

Key words: urban spatial structure, community built environment quality, influencing factors, Lanzhou City