以武汉市新洲县为例，综合应用系统工程和GIS技术，以系统观点为指导，以GIS为分析手段，详细地提出了一种面向城镇发展布局优化决策的研究方法，该方法通过定性、定量与定位的分析相结合，不仅较科学、合理地找到了城镇发展的最优布局，且得出了一些具有普遍指导意义的新思路和方法，可为政府决策提供理论依据 Taking Xinzhou County of Wuhan City as an example, the comprehensive application of system engineering and GIS technology, guided by the system perspective, and using GIS as an analytical tool, a detailed research method for urban development layout optimization decision making was proposed. The combination of quantitative analysis and location analysis not only scientifically and reasonably found the optimal layout of urban development, but also led to some new ideas and methods with universal guiding significance, which can provide a theoretical basis for government decision-making.