中文摘要：

在当今的社会—文化进程阶段,新人本主义强调人与社会（文化）和谐的可持续发展观,其目标体现在人们的生活质量上,其焦点是城市（社会）生活质量构成与城市（社会）生活质量空间耦合的建构。从新人本主义理念出发探讨城市（社会）生活质量与其对应（社会）生活空间质量对政府部门和学术界都是全新的课题。二者在不同领域,不同学科之间的研究并行不悖。对前者的研究是人文社会与管理学科聚焦的方向,对后者的探讨是区域与城市诸学科聚焦的方向。它们充分体现学科融合的新理念/原理及其前沿性。本文从研究源起、研究意义、研究阶段以及评价指标体系的构建等不同角度对二者的国内外研究动态及方向进行了评介与展望,目的在于明晰二者的研究方法,理论框架与研究趋势,为社会与城市发展及其规划指明方向,提供理论基础与科学依据。

英文摘要：

Urban social space became one of the most important research areas in urban geography studies in the 20th century. The social and cultural processes of western countries are mainly concentrated on the urban society and the corresponding space because of their transformation from industrialized societies into post-industrialized societies and the researchers are focused on how to connect the quality of urban life with the structure of the quality of urban living space. Before 1970s, the researches were conducted on the quality of material life space by empirical methods. Afterward, as a result of globalization, the concept of ＂new humanism＂ emerged. So it is possible to probe into the quality of social （cultural） living space by humanistic approach, which results the introduction of many new concepts and systems to social development planning and urban planning. The research and application on this area in China is later than that in western countries, and it is developed from different fields and different subjects. In order to provide the theories on the urban development and planning better, the authors review both the domestic and international researches and make a comparison from the research origin, the significance of the study, research phase and the evaluation index system. They also analysis the research methods, theoretical framework and research trends, which are helpful for further researches and provide a theoretical foundation and scientific basis for social and urban development and planning. This research not only provides a theoretical comparison between the quality, of urban （social） life and the space quality of urban （social） life but also enriches the study of urban social geography.