On the mechanism of Japanese steal industry development and spatial pattern evolution
日本钢铁工业发展与空间格局演化的机制研究

The dynamics of the development and change of spatial pattern of Japanese steal industry embodied the laws of industry development and change of its spatial organization, and is resulted from the interaction among different location factors and their change. This paper analyzes the impact factors of Japanese steal industry which include market demand, supply of raw materials, technological change, market segmentation behavior of enterprises, industrial policy, regional policy and other micro-locational conditions, reveals the mechanism of Japanese steal industry development and spatial pattern evolution , and put forward some suggestions about Chinese steal industry development and spatial restructuring.