中文摘要：

改革开放以来的一系列制度变化对地方政府的政府职能和管治手段提出了新的要求,并由此对城市空间拓展产生了深远影响。以广州市为研究对象,探讨了其近十年城市空间拓展与地方政府管治的关系,发现市级政府以行政区划调整为手段、以战略规划为纲领的管治方式主导了城市生产及流通空间的建设;同时,由于各级政府之间利益协调的原因,地方政府管治过程出现了尺度分异,表现为区级政府与房地产市场共同作用下外围地区空间拓展向北低效蔓延的管治失灵现象。通过对政府管治在城市空间构建过程中的作用和成效的探讨,以期对引起人们对中国城市化进程中地方政府管治和城市空间关系的思考。

英文摘要：

Recent decades have witnessed a series of profound reform measures proposed by the central government in contemporary China, which changed the relation between central state and local governments. Consequently, similar to the neoliberalism in Western countries, local governments have been playing a dominant and essential role in urban development in China. This trend of decentralization requires local governments adopt new governance means to capture mobile resources in the global setting in order to facilitate urban growth and this has influenced the expansion of urban space significantly. Based on the theory of governance in political economy perspective, taking Guangzhou for instance, this paper discusses the relation between the government＇s governance and urban spatial expansion, identifies the featutres and problems in the process of Guangzhou＇s urban spatial expansion in recent ten years. From the analysis, this study identifies that one of the tools adopted by the municipal government in an attempt to allocating spatial resources is the administrative division. This political strategy makes it possible for Guangzhou＇s spatial expansion of builtup areas, which is mainly concentrated on the outskirts, such as Panyu, Huadu districts. Besides, based on the formulation and implementation of the strategic planning, the municipal government dominants the construction of production space and flowing space based on the strategic planning, reflecting in the distribution of large-scale projects, the change of urban construction land＇s structure and the change of the investment in basic construction. And the prime problem in urban expansion led by the market is the inefficient land utilization. Through the discussion of the influence of government＇s governance on the reconstruction of urban space, this paper intends to call for greater attention to the interrelationship between local government＇s governance and urban spatial expansion in the Chinese urbanization process, identify the effect of various gov