中文摘要：

近年来的中国城镇化由于强调少数核心城市的发展而使得众多地方城市边缘化的趋势日益显现,地方城市在中国具有重要的地位和作用,其发展问题也成为进一步推进新型城镇化需要慎重思考的议题。在此背景下,以广东省为例,对地方城市进行界定,并利用熵权法和聚类分析对其城镇化水平进行评价和分类,探讨在新型城镇化背景下地方城市的发展可能性及其发展路径。结果表明：广东省共有15个地方城市,其中,中山市的城镇化水平最高,茂名最低,各地方城市间存在着明显的发展水平差异。根据城镇化水平的不同可将广东省地方城市分为5类,每类地方城市都具有不同的发展特色。在新型城镇化政策理念下,这些地方城市有了新的发展机会,可望通过因地制宜、挖掘自身内涵与优势而走向多样化的发展路径,如中山应综合发展、全面提升城镇化水平;梅州要挖掘城市内涵、凸显城市特色;河源应该走生态型、绿色化的发展道路;而茂名应致力于提升基础设施和公共服务设施水平,增强城市的创新能力。

英文摘要：

In recent years, the urbanization in China that emphasized the development of core cities made the local cities gradually marginalized. The local cities has an important position and role. And it has become an important project which further advances the development of the new urbanization. In this context, taking Guangdong Province as an example, this paper tried to define the local cities and evaluate and classify the urbanization level with the method of entropy and cluster analysis, so that can explore the development path and possibility of the local cities under the background of the new urbanization. The results showed that： There are 15 local cities in Guangdong Province. Zhonshan City has the highest urbanization, but Maoming City is the lowest. And there is obvious difference of development level among the local cities. According to the urbanization level, the local cities can be divided into 5 categories. Each category has the different development characteristics. Under the policy concept of the new urbanization, the local cities have new chances to develop and can be expected to go various development paths according to local conditions and their connotation and advantage, for example, Zhongshan City should go a comprehensive development path to improve the whole urbanization, Meizhou City should excavate the content to reflect its characters, Heyuan City should go a ecological and green development path, Maoming City should improve the level of its infrastructure and public service and enhance its innovation ability.