城空间集中与分散的哲学透视-人文地理.PDF

DOI :10.13959/j.issn.1003 -2398.2004.04.010 19 　4 　　　 Vol.19, No.4 　 　 2004 8 　　　　　　　　　　　　　HUMAN GEOGRAPH 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Aug.2004　 :1003—2398 (2004)04—0045—05 (, 　210093) A PHILOSOPHICAL PENETRATION INTO CONCENTRATION AND DECENTRALIZATION OF URBAN SPACE ZHU Xi-gang (D ep ar tm en t of Urban R esources S cience, N anj ing Un iversity , Nanj ing 210093, Ch ina ) Abstract:With the couple of paradoxical tendencies transforming ur an space, concentration and de- centralization, the paper aims at esta lishing a philosophical perspective, interpreting the complexity of evolution of ur an spatial structure.It firstly reviews the twin concepts in various disciplines.This il- lustrates their heuristic power as philosophical particles.Their connotation in sphere of ur an space evolution is further scrutinized as tw o asic ” resultant forces”of the sophisticated mechanisms eyond ur an spatial evolution.The mutuality of concentration and decentralization as tw o aspects of unity of opposites is a fundamental contradiction of ur an spatial evolution.It is argued that the spatial meaning of concentration and decentralization in the philosophic method, and paradoxical recurrent trends of concentration and decentralization are a stracted as a pervasive intrinsic feature of ur an spatial evolu- tion.Based on this, Secondly, the paper proceeds to survey theoretical explanations of ur an spatial evolution, w ith the controversial performance of concentration and decentralization as the monotype, and put forw ard that t