70StudyonSub-RegionalPlanningforMega-CityPeripheryintheBackgroundofMetropolitanization:NanjingExample/LiAmeng,ZhangJingxiang[Abstract]MetropolitanizationisanewtrendofChinesemegacitiesasurbanizationmoveson.Asmegacitiesevolvetowardamulti-nucleusspatialstructure,sub-districtsareinformationonurbanfringes.Sub-districtlevelplanningisyetabsentinChina’slegalplanningsystem.Itisnecessarytoaddthisintermediatelevelplanninginmegacityplanningstructureasatransitionalstageofupperandlowerplans.Incentralcity,centraldistrictplanning,whichequatessub-districtlevelplanning,pilotslowerlevelplanning;innearsuburb,sub-districtplanningpilotsdistrictandsatellitecityplanning.[Keywords]Metropolitanization,Mega-city,Sub-regionalplanning,Metropolitanareaplanningsystem,Nanjing7172737475