城市地理研究的几个基本问题  

ON THREE BASIC PROBLEMS OF URBAN GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES

作　　者：周一星[1] 陈彦光[1] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学地理科学研究中心,中国北京100871

出　　处：《经济地理》2004年第3期289-293,共5页Economic Geography

基　　金：国家自然科学基金重点资助项目的部分内容(项目编号:40335051)。

摘　　要：文章论述了中国城市地理学研究的三个基本问题。一是研究的属性问题,即理论研究和应用研究在资料利用方面的不同:理论研究要求数据资料的时间连续性和空间完整性,但对数据的现势性没有特别要求;而应用研究则因为预测的缘故要求数据的现势性。二是研究的层次问题,即宏观层次的研究和微观层次的探讨各有侧重:微观层次研究重视社会经济分析,主要目标是系统的发展机制探讨;宏观层次的研究则偏重于物理学类比,主要目标是寻找统计平均规律。三是变量选择问题,即变量的选择必须注意信息含量、相互关系、快慢性质等诸多问题,而不宜贪多求全。Three basic questions are discussed in order to make clear the problems confused in urban geographical field. First, the attribute of studies, theoretical research is different from applied study: the former requires data to be continuous in time and entire in space, but the latter demand the data to be new. For theoretical study, whether or not the data are new is insignificant. Second, the level of studies, macro-urban study is different from micro-urban analysis: the former is based on the entropy-maximizing principle and relies mainly on physical analogy, and the latter based on the utility-maximizing idea and depends chiefly on socio-economical analysis. Three, selection of variables for urban geographical analyses: the key lies in the information capacity of a variable instead of the size, attribute, or others reflected by it. The root of the problems is revealed and the solutions are provided to snag the way of the development of Chinese geography.

关 键 词：城市地理学 理论研究 人文地理 中国 研究层次 城市化水平 

分 类 号：F290[经济管理—国民经济] F129.9