Table 1 Characteristics of the “three modernizations” during different periods in the past 40 years in Beijing

From: Multifractal features of spatial variation in construction land in Beijing (1985–2015)

 

Industrialization

Urbanization

Non-agriculturalization

 

Region

Intensity

Region

Intensity

Intensity

1978–1980s

Near-suburb

Ordinary

Inner edge of the outer suburbs

Ordinary

Weak

1990s

Mid-suburb

Ordinary

Mid-suburbs

Relatively Strong

Ordinary

2000s

Enclave adjacent to the outer suburbs

Relatively strong

Outer edge of mid-suburbs

Relatively Strong

Strong

After 2010

Block mass + sphere tendency

Weak

Global multi-level, multi-center pattern

Strong

Strong