利用2004年河南省997个城镇数据及夏代以来的城镇演化空间数据,对河南省城镇发展进行了时空梳理。河南省城镇数量的变化可以划分为5个阶段。呈现出较强的波动性。其原因主要有:全国经济重心南移、政治重心北上、政府行政干预等。河南省城镇分布的最初格局受当时人们取水方式等技术条件的限制呈现沿水系分布的空间格局,铁路的兴建使河南省城镇布局的限制条件得到改善,公路建设使城镇布局更加趋于合理、均衡。但不同区域经济的增长使城镇分布又相对集中,20世纪90年代以来,全省城镇分布向均衡化方向发展,同时在局部地域又有较为集中的块区。河南省城镇的空间格局基本符合中心地理论,但各地域的主导因素有一定差异。
By the investigation data of 997 towns in 2004 and a series of past records such as Xia Dynasty, Donghan Dynasty, etc, the paper makes an analysis of the town development from the angle of temporal and spatial aspects. The quantity change of the towns in Henan Province is divided into five stages, showing the stronger fluctuation, whose causes are as follows: the gravity center of Chinese economy shifting to south, the gravity center of Chinese politics moving to north, the government's administrative participation and so on. The initial pattern of town structure in Henan Province was influenced by the technical condition such as the way that the people got water at that time, and then the pattern was confined by the river system. The railway made the distribution of town more flexible, and the highway made its distribution become reasonable and balance. The growth of the different regional economy caused the town distribution relatively centralize. The distribution of the towns in Henan Province is tending to be well distributed, but in the local region, there are some districts relatively centralized since 1990s.ln the year of 2004, the spatial distribution of the town in Henan province is basically in accordance with the central place theory, but the dominant factors in different regions are usually different.