21世纪西方城市研究的“城市化”转向

TURN OF “URBANIZATION” IN THE WESTERN URBAN STUDIES IN THE EARLIER 21^(ST) CENTURY

进入新世纪,随着新型城镇化成为国家战略,国内学界对于城市化问题普遍予以热切关注。无独有偶,当代西方城市研究正在出现"城市化"转向,对于全球尺度的"城市社会"的到来予以热切关注,对建立在工业时代经验基础上的城市理论展开反思,表现出三个方面的研究转向:尺度转向、比较转向、后殖民主义转向,出现了全域城市化、比较城市化、地方城市化、世界的城市等新概念或新理论。本文对这一新进展进行介绍和评述,并结合当前中国的城市研究进行分析,以此推动本土研究发展,拓展国际视野。

This study makes a review on the critical urban theories in recent urban studies. In the context of the rise of urbanization in China, unprecedented urban growth is happening on the planet, thus it is asserted that now we enter an ＂urban age＂. However, this argument is largely under question, as it signifies a recent turn of ＂urbanization＂ in the urban studies. As par the studies across Atlantics on this topic, we examine related issues of ＂Planetary Urbanization＂, ＂Comparative Urbanism＂, ＂Provincializing Urbanization＂, ＂Wording Cities＂, etc, and link them to the transformation of the epistemology of the urban studies in the 21~ century. This paper introduces and reviews this new progress, and conducts related analysis in line with the current urban studies in China, so as to promote the development of local studies and expand international views.