新制度主义方法论对我国城市空间发展内在机制研究的启示

The Enlightenment of New Institutionalism Methodology to the Internal Mechanism of Urban Spatial Development in China

城市空间发展的内在机制本质上可看作是影响城市空间发展的人类政治、经济、社会活动所形成的一系列社会互动过程,选择什么样的途径和方法是我国城市空间发展内在机制研究首先要解决的问题。作为一种重要的社会科学研究方法论,新制度主义在研究视角、研究内容及研究方法三方面均能给我国城市空间发展内在机制的研究提供有益的借鉴,最后在新制度主义方法论基础上,提出一个关于我国城市空间发展内在机制研究的初步分析框架。

The internal mechanism of urban spatial development, in essential, could be regarded as series of social interactive processes, which is shaped by political, economical and social activities. These activities influence upon urban spatial development. The priority problem to be settled for the study of internal mechanism of Chinese urban spatial development is that what kind of approach and method should be selected. As a kind of important methodologies in social science research, new institutionalism could provide helpful reference for the study on internal mechanism of Chinese urban spatial development in three aspects： research view, research scope and research method. At last, based on the new institutionalism methodology, the paper addresses a primary analysis framework of study on internal mechanism of urban spatial development in China.