本文选用34项指标,对湖南省14个省、地级市的可持续发展水平进行聚类分析,结果表明湖南14个城市的可持续发展水平存在较明显的区域差异,可划分为4个等级,长沙市为第一等级城市,株洲、湘潭、岳阳为第二等级城市,娄底、怀化、郴州、衡阳、常德、张家界、邵阳、益阳、永州为第三等级城市,湘西为第四等级城市。 This paper selects 34 indicators to cluster the sustainable development level of 14 provinces and prefecture-level cities in Hunan Province. The results show that there are obvious regional differences in the sustainable development level of 14 cities in Hunan, which can be divided into four levels Changsha is the first level city, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan and Yueyang are the second level cities. Loudi, Huaihua, Chenzhou, Hengyang, Changde, Zhangjiajie, Shaoyang, Yiyang and Yongzhou are the third level cities, and Xiangxi is the fourth level city.