“空间-主题”框架下中美城市旅游研究对比——以2008—2017年城市旅游博士论文为例

城市旅游的发展带动了相关研究的热潮,论文以2008—2017年间中美城市旅游相关的377篇博士论文为对象,分析在城市旅游研究领域中,中美两国的研究结构和研究内容。建立相关的“空间-主题”的城市旅游研究矩阵,借鉴产业结构的研究方法,通过对比分析发现,近10 a年来,中美城市旅游博士论文的发文量差异不大,而美国论文的学科构成、来源学校高于中国相关研究;在研究结构上,中美两国较为相似,在不同空间尺度上中国研究集中度较高也相对均衡;对于城市旅游6大主题的内容分析,中美两国学者研究成果各有所偏重,但也具有一定相似性。最后,通过中美对比,在研究结构、研究空间、研究内容和研究方法上进行总结和展望。

Urban tourism research in China and the United States based on a “space-theme” framework: Analysis of Ph.D. dissertations on urban tourism in 2008-2017

Urban tourism development has driven the boom of urban tourism research. Based on 377 Ph.D. dissertations majored in urban tourism between 2008 and 2017 from China and the United States, this study compared and analyzed the research structure and progress of urban tourism research in the two countries. A "space-theme" urban tourism research framework was proposed, and methods of industrial structure research were utilized. We found that there is no significant difference between the number of dissertations of these two countries, but disciplinary background and origin universities of the U.S. dissertations are more diverse than Chinese; the research structure of the dissertations from these two countries’ are similar. Chinese research was more concentrated, and more evenly distributed on different scales. With regard to the six research themes, scholars from the two countries focus on varied directions, but also share similar topics. Finally, based on the comparison between the two countries, we summarized the research structure, research space, research content, and research methods as well the prospect of future research.