摘　要：

在美国，继居住郊区化和商业郊区化之后，大量服务业
就业岗位向郊区扩散，功能完善的边缘城市逐步形成。边缘城
市已成为当前西方郊区化的新趋势，是发达国家大都市区多中
心发展的新形式。本文首先概述了美国边缘城市的产生背景、
概念与内涵、类型及界定标准等，然后对国外边缘城市的主要
特征与动力机制加以评述，对中国“边缘城市”的相关研究成
果进行归纳。在此基础上，结合中国一些大都市区域的发展阶
段与制度背景，提出对中国“边缘城市”的理解，并借鉴国外
边缘城市的发展经验，对中国“边缘城市”未来的研究方向与
重点作出展望。

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.

关键词：

边缘城市,郊区化,开发区

Keywords：

Edge City, Suburbanization, Development Zone