近年来,区域协调与合作不断涌现,都市圈已成为新时期城市竞争的焦点。协同学的创立与发展为区域一体化进一步的协调发展提供了理论基础与实践指导。研究就协同学在都市圈发展过程中的应用模式与方法展开讨论,以厦漳泉都市圈为例,采用主成分分析法和系统聚类法对序参量等关键指标进行筛选,并对不同县市进行等级划分,最终利用协同学的原理为厦漳泉都市圈的发展提出建议与对策。In recent years, regional collaboration and cooperation emerge and metropolitan area has become a focus issue in urban competition in the new era.Collaboration theory provides a theoretical foundation and guidance for regional integrate development.The paper discusses the model and approaches of collaboration theory in metropolitan area development, and studies the case of Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou metropolitan area.The paper selects order parameters by major content analysis and systematic agglomeration method, divides the counties into different levels, and offers suggestions for the metropolitan area development.福建省软科学重点项目(2013R0096