中文摘要：

20世纪60年代以来国外新城市贫困研究的内容和方法逐步多元化,综合贫困指标体系和以地域为基础的研究方法促进了贫困地理研究。本文首先辨析贫困和综合贫困的概念,综合贫困研究的指标体系和研究方法;再评述国外综合贫困研究的主要内容;最后在分析我国城市贫困研究不足的基础上,提出在指标体系、研究内容、研究方法和空间层次等几个方面拓展转型时期我国城市贫困地理的研究视角。

英文摘要：

Urban poverty studies in western academics had extended into a multiple dimension Since 1960＇s. Deprivation indicators and area-based approach helped the development of geography of deprivation. The paper firstly distinguishes the concepts of poverty and deprivation, summaries the domains and indicators of deprivation, reviews area-based approach. Secondly, the paper reviews main topics of deprivation studies and evaluates study of geography of deprivation. Last not least, some suggestions for future research on geography of deprivation in China are given based on analysis of the deficiencies in urban poverty studies.