城市政体模型及其对中国城市发展研究的启示

CITY REGIME MODEL AND ITS IMPLICATION ON CHINESE CITY DEVELOPMENT

随着中国快速城市化过程 ,越来越多的学者认为城市发展和建设不再是单纯的物质性、经济性的问题而是与城市政府的制度安排和政策选择息息相关。特别是对于正处在社会经济转型期的、以经济增长为主导的中国城市来说 ,政策选择参与者的价值取向、政策决策和协商机制的建构显得尤为重要。对此 ,西方规划学界主要是通过城市政体模型从政治经济学的角度来分析城市发展的。文章从源于美国的城市政体模型入手 ,简述其主要的理论特征 。

With the rapid urbanization in China, more scholars have claimed that city development is more related to the institution arrangement and policy-making than to simply physical and economic issues. The value preference of the policy-making participants and construction of the decision-making and consultative mechanism are very important especially for Chinese cities which are growth directed and experiences both economic and social transition. Western planning academia usually analyzes the dynamic of the city through city regime model. This study starts from the introduction of the concept of city regime model originated in US. It attempts to construct a framework to analyze the characteristic of Chinese city regime.