Abstract: |
In the U.S., following the suburbanization of America and the malling of America, a large number of service sector jobs had spread to the suburbs, and then the fully functional Edge Cities was formed gradually. The Edge City has become a new trend of Western suburbanization, and a new form of the multi-center development of metropolitan areas in the developed countries. This paper firstly introduces the background, the concept and content, the type and defined standards of the American Edge City, and then gives a review of main characteristics and dynamic mechanism of foreign edge cities, and finally summarizes the research on“ Edge City” in China. On this basis, combined with the development stage and institutional background of some metropolitan areas in China, the research gives an understanding of“ Edge City” in China. Learning from the experience of foreign Edge Cities, the research indicates the future research directions and priorities on“ Edge City” in China. |