中文摘要：

以广州市边缘区为典型案例,深入剖析了大城市边缘区人居环境问题,包括过度依赖外资、生态环境隐患、建设用地无序扩张、违章建筑、房地产开发失衡与基础设施配套滞后、传统文化衰落等,并针对性地提出优化调控措施：促进产业结构改造与升级,完善基础设施和公共服务设施配套,实施生态环境保护与综合整治,加强房地产开发的政府引导,推进边缘区管理体制改革;完善边缘区规划体系。

英文摘要：

Taking Guangzhou City fringe as the case, the syndrome of human settlements in metropolis fringe, including excessive dependence on foreign capital, environmental deterioration, urban sprawl, illegal construction, real estate imbalance, infrastructure lag and traditional culture decline, is analyzed comprehensively. Countermeasures for optimization and regulation are proposed as follows, promoting the transforming and upgrading of industrial structure, improving the infrastructural and public service facilities, implementing the environmental protection and comprehensive treatment, strengthening the guidance of real estate development, and promoting the reform of the management system of metropolis fringe.