A TIGHT THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL INTEGRATION OF URBAN GEOGRAPHY——Retrospect and Prospect of Geographic Development of Nanjing University in 90th Anniversary
ZHEN Feng1,2, XI Guang-liang3
1. Urban Planning and Design Department, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
2. Research Center of Human Geography, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
3. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
Abstract：Nanjing University is one of the main units of the earliest engaged in research and teaching of urban geography. During the past 60 years, the urban geography of our school relies on multidisciplinary comprehensive advantages of science, liberal arts, economics, etc., follows the world urban geography development trends, and insufficient emphasizes on the theoretical study and planning practice of urban geography with a high degree of integration. Now, we have accumulated a great systematic research in theoretical research and application fields of urban geography.
This paper reviews the historical process of development and changes of urban geography in Nanjing University, and divides the historical process into four stages, including the exploration and study period, the recovery period of development, the vigorous period of development and the diversified development period. Then, the author summaries the research result about urbanization, urban system, urban and regional planning and governance systematically. Nanjing University was one of the earliest institutes to carry out urbanization theory, theory of urban system and urban and regional research, and the researchers in Nanjing University brought out several classical theories, such as urban system structure (Urban rating scale structure, functional structure, the spatial structure and the network structure), the concept of "urban-region", and so on. In the future, the research aspects about the health of urbanization, urban network system, the urban space remodeling, livable city and wisdom city will be further strengthen.
甄峰, 席广亮. 理论与实践高度融合的城市地理学——南京大学地理学科发展90周年回顾与展望[J]. 人文地理, 2012, 27(3): 131-135.
ZHEN Feng, XI Guang-liang. A TIGHT THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL INTEGRATION OF URBAN GEOGRAPHY——Retrospect and Prospect of Geographic Development of Nanjing University in 90th Anniversary. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2012, 27(3): 131-135.
