海外中国城市地理研究进展

本文综述海外学者对中国城市地理研究的主要进展。中国城市的急速变化为城市地理研究学者提供许多理论研究与经验研究的机会。大部分海外关于中国城市地理的研究集中探讨中央和地方政府、国际资本和经济改革在城市化、城市发展以及城市空间重构中的作用。至今城市地理学与城市研究的大多数理论研究是在中国以外的实际背景下进行的。因此有必要加强在中国的实际背景下城市地理学的理论研究。各种过程与空间关系动态的研究具有很大的潜力。这包括地方化、城市主义、区域主义、城市竞争与合作过程、城市管治过程、地方、区域与全球过程的动态关系、空间与尺度的关系等。

Progress in the Overseas Studies on the Urban Geography of China

This paper reviews the main progress in the overseas studies on the urban geography of China. Rapid changes in Chinese cities provide ample opportunities for urban geographers to conduct theoretical and empirical studies. Most overseas studies on the urban geography of China focus on the roles of central and local governments, global capital and economic reforms in the processes of urbanization, urban development and urban spatial restructuring. Hitherto most theoretical research in urban geography and urban studies has been conducted in the context outside China. Thus it is necessary to enhance theoretical research in the Chinese context. The studies of various processes and spatial relations offer the greatest potential, such as localism, urbanism, regionalism, urban competition and cooperation, urban governance, the dynamic relations of local, regional and global processes, the relation of space and scale.