中文摘要：

多堡城镇是堡寨聚落向“里坊制”城市发展过程中形成的一个重要阶段。从现存的多堡城镇聚落及其特点入手．分析中心城堡和一般城堡向里坊制城市的演变过程，指出堡发展的多样性．聚群性．再生性等特征，并比较多堡城镇与“里坊制”城市之间的联系，从而来探讨多堡城镇在”里坊制”城市发展脉络中的地位问题。

英文摘要：

Multi-fort town is an important phrase evolving from the fort settlement to the Li-Fang unit system city. This paper, which begins with the extant multi-fort towns and their characteristics, has analyzed their evolution from central fort and general fort to the Li-Fang unit system city and pointed out the characters of the fort, such as diversity, clustering nature and regeneration .etc. At the same time, this paper has also compared the multi-fort town with the Li-Fang unit system city and discussed the status of the multi-fort town in transition of the Li-Fang unit system city.