Exploring the Coupling Relationship between Urbanization and Regional Transportation

摘要

This research explores the relationship between urbanization and regional transportation by using the coupling model. Evaluation indexes which reflect the coupling relationship have been selected out. The research evaluates the coupling relationship between urbanization and regional transportation on the basis of data stem from the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province from 2003 to 2013. The statistical results show the level and developing trend of coupling relationship in Chengdu. In the future research, the effective measures will be proposed for the mutual development of urbanization and regional transportation according to the results of this study.