UrbanizationVOL.33NO.2FEB.2009382009332CITYPLANNINGREVIEWFORMATION,DEVELOPMENTANDCON-STRUCTIONOFSMALLCOMMODITYRETAILMARKETWUXiao;WUMingweiABSTRACT:WithChina’seconomictransitionandconstructionofvariousmarkets,thesmallcommod-ityretailmarkethassteadilydevelopedforthreedecades.Thispaper,startingwiththeconceptofsmallcommodityretailmarket,analyzesitsdevelopmentprocessandrulesanddiscussesthecharacteristicsofitsplanningandconstruction.KEYWORDS:smallcommodityretailmarket;for-mationanddevelopment;planningandconstruction39Fig.1DevelopmentpatternsofsmallcommodityretailmarketFig.2DevelopmentsequenceofsmallcommodityretailmarketTab.1FormationanddevelopmentstagesofChina’ssmallcommodityretailmarketUrbanizationVOL.33NO.2FEB.2009402009332CITYPLANNINGREVIEWTab.2Distributionruleofsmallcommodityretailmarketincity41Tab.3RecommendedunitareaofsmallcommodityretailmarketFig.3SpatiallayoutofsmallcommodityretailmarketUrbanizationVOL.33NO.2FEB.2009422009332CITYPLANNINGREVIEWFig.4Lightingandventilationofasmallcommodityretailmarket55