%0 Journal Article
%T RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN GEOGRAPHY IN CHINA<br>中国城市地理学近期进展
%A Shen Daoqi
%A <br>沈道齐
%A 崔功豪
%J 地理学报
%D 1990
%I 
%X In modern history, the proud period in the study of urban geography in China began at the mid-seventies, and reached its peak at the eightieth. In China, there are over 380 cities, and over 9000 towns under the jurisdiction of country (excluding Taiwan Province) which have provided a vast domain for the study of urban geography. The study of urban geography has gained vitality by integrating itself closely with national construction and with administrative departments and other disciplines. Now, the topic of urban geography has been known as the most active sphere in the human and economic geographical circles. Since mid-seventies the research projects of Urban Geography contains: 1) Urban System, 2) Urbanization, 3) Researches on the Structures of Urban Area, 4) Lange and Small Cities (Towns), 5) Quntitative Method etc. Urban planning its providing a broad and practical basis for the further advances in 'he study of urban geography, Geographers have to not only draw up the Master planning in cooperation with urban planners, but also provide theoretical method and scientific basis for this purpose in accordance with the following as pect ia order to make the traditional planning have additionally new methods and contents: 1) Urban region researches, 2) Analysis of Urban land use, 3) Researches on urban function, 4) Researches on urban size etc. In recent years, much has been done in China in the repidly advanced studies of urban geography in combination with urban planning and urban construction. According to human geographers in China, from them on the development trends in the study of urban geography will forge ahead possibly towards to new directions, ie. the Macroscopic and microscopic aspects.
%K Urban system
%K Urbanization
%K The structure of Urban area
%K Urban planning
%K Urban function
%K Urban size
%K Urban fringe<br>城市体系
%K 城市化
%K 城市地域结构
%K 城市规划
%K 城市性质
%K 城市规模
%K 城市边缘地带
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