Review on Chinese Urban Geography Since 2000

Urban geography has developed rapidly in China since the 1980s. There are a lot of important findings in the research of critical problems in China, and some significant theoretical frameworks have also been developed about urban development and urbanization. Urbanization in China has been going its own way, resulting in considerable fruits in the fields of urbanization, dynamic mechanisms, metropolis and urban system. This paper has reviewed the papers about urban geography sourcing from 9 key geographical journals published by the Geographical Society of China during recent 10 years. The research of urban geography in China, mainly concentrates on three aspects, including urbanization, urban system and urban spatial structure.