西方城市蔓延和理性增长研究综述

城市理性增长已被西方大多数学者所接受。论文回顾了西方学者关于城市蔓延的度量、蔓延机制、蔓延后果、理性增长管理等方面的研究,认为城市蔓延和理性增长的研究内容和方法越来越趋向于完善,建议措施越来具有可操作性和更有针对性。我国以土地低密度开发为特征的城市蔓延随处可见,借鉴西方成功的研究思路、研究方法及对策研究,将有效地避免蔓延所产生的严重后果。

A review on urban sprawl and smart growth research in Western country

Smart growth is accepted by most scholars in the developed countries. The paper reviews the previous attempts to define and measure urban sprawl, studies measuring sprawl and relating it outcomes, studies measuring sprawl and exploring causes, studies on urban form and studies on smart growth management. And then some suggestions, which content and method of research on urban sprawl tends to be perfect and measures are more and more exercisable as well as pertinent, are put forward. Now urban development with character of low_density land use pattern has have been in China. The research on urban sprawl in Western countries can be used for reference.