中文摘要：

基于可获得的国外文献，文章回顾了1990年代中期以来，国外地理学科关于网上零售引发的商业空间和其他活动空间的响应以及改变的探讨。目前，国外地理学者主要致力于以下几个方面的研究：（1）网上商店的区位问题及其空间扩散过程；（2）网上零售对购物模式的组织和空间的影响；（3）城市交通空间结构对网上零售的响应；（4）网上零售产业渗透对居住空间的影响。相关研究基本涉及了在网上零售产业背景下可能出现的各类地理问题，值得刚开始致力于这一领域的其他国家学者（例如中国）参考和借鉴。此外，文章从研究尺度、研究对象以及研究内容等方面评价了国外已有研究。

英文摘要：

In the 90s of twenty century, information and communication technologies are the greatest invention in the world. The impact generated by it in modern society is deep and wide. The influence is still varying with the development of those technologies. The most obvious is that internet application is changing our life style, including where and how to work, shopping, and entertainment and so on. An important trend drawing public attention is that more and more retailers are connecting to the Internet. Some people, who are called e-retailers, sale their goods via internet, commercial activity is shifting to e-tail from traditional retail. Since the late 90s in twenty century, e-retail raised an academic discussion among geographers abroad, which is about realizing the relationship between internet and geography. They discuss geographic significance again in the internet age. Based on available foreign literatures, the paper reviews geographical researches on response and changes of commercial space and other activities＇ space which e-retail induces. In addition, the article evaluates literatures reviewed above in terms of space scale, objects and contents. Firstly, geographers aboard often analyze relevant issues at the national level. It may need studies in other level. For stakeholders in the region and local, they interest in more specific about how the commerce is changing in where they live. Secondly, most researches center on big online retailers and the impact of e-commerce in big traditional retailers. Actually, small retailers play an important role in our life. We need realize how small traditional retailers response e-commerce, and the performance of small e-retailers in physical space. Thirdly, the location of e-retailers and factors influencing their location are still unclear. It need make further researches. Forthly, some literatures mention the influence of internet application, for example, e-shopping and teleworking, in residence. They point out it may change the distribution of residential comm