Abstract

The research object of this paper is the nine cities of Wuhan urban circle. Firstly, this paper establishes the comprehensive evaluation indicator system and evaluation model of the urban development level via systems analysis, then makes a PCA (Principal Components Analysis) to the original data by means of SPSS; Next, this paper analyzes the worked data via AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and comprehensive score and ranking of the nine cities is obtained and the nine cities are divided into three clusters via K-means clustering analysis; Finally, this paper appraises urban development level of Wuhan urban circle.

Keywords:

Analytic hierarchy process, empirical research, K-means clustering analysis, principal compound analysis, urban development level,

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