Characteristic town is an innovative development model of urban-rural integration.These small towns with certain characteristics play an important role in China’s economic transformation and urban-rural integration.T...Characteristic town is an innovative development model of urban-rural integration.These small towns with certain characteristics play an important role in China’s economic transformation and urban-rural integration.Through literature search and field surveys,this article reports the existing theoretical achievements,including the conceptualization,significance of construction,and the research status of local/foreign characteristic towns.Besides,this article provides some practical suggestions towards the existing research problems and some reference for the planning and construction of characteristic towns.展开更多
文摘Characteristic town is an innovative development model of urban-rural integration.These small towns with certain characteristics play an important role in China’s economic transformation and urban-rural integration.Through literature search and field surveys,this article reports the existing theoretical achievements,including the conceptualization,significance of construction,and the research status of local/foreign characteristic towns.Besides,this article provides some practical suggestions towards the existing research problems and some reference for the planning and construction of characteristic towns.