中文摘要：

城市群并不是孤立封闭的体系,它是与邻近区域内、特别是经济发达的城镇密集区的特定区域范围内不同规模的城市（镇）有着密切联系,依托优越的自然环境基础和发达的交通运输体系以及信息网络形成的一个比较完整的有机整体。尤其是在全球经济一体化以及新型城镇化的新形势下,城市群区内每一个城市均发挥着区域经济增长点和城市功能的特殊作用,并依托城乡一体化区域发挥着强大的辐射作用（包括集聚与疏散作用）。本文在这一基础上深入分析了中国城市群是由城镇化高度发育而形成这一动力问题;论证城市群与城镇密集区的相似性,并对我国城市群范围的识别标准和城市群基本概念的再认识,比较完整地概括了当前我国城市群研究动态与阶段性成果,以供我国城市地理与经济学工作者参考,以便更加深入地研究中国城市群的特有现象和各类问题。

英文摘要：

Urban agglomeration is not an isolated or enclosed system. It is a relatively comprehensive organic whole maintaining close linkage with neighboring districts, especially cities and towns of different sizes in dense area of economically developed regions, which rely on the natural conditions, modernized transportation system and highly developed information network. In terms of new trends including the economic globalization and the new urbanization, every city of the urban agglomeration contributes to the economics of the urban-rural integration district, carrying city function as well as radiating function. The article regards that the dynamic of urban agglomerations of China comes from the highly development of urbanization and analyzes the similarity between urban agglomerations and dense area of cities. Recognition of the basic concepts and the standards of identifying the scope of urban agglomerations of China are also presented for reference and further study.