中文摘要：

自1980年代以来,受经济全球化的影响,跨区域乃至跨国界的城市间竞争越演越烈,进而引发经济、地理、城市规划等领域的持续关注。来自不同领域的众多学者对城市竞争和城市竞争力的研究日渐深入。城市竞争力的理论研究与实践应用对于我国城市化进程持续健康发展具有重大战略意义。本文从城市竞争力的内涵、城市竞争力的影响因素、城市竞争力的评价模型三个方面,对该领域国内外研究进展进行了概括、分析和评述。展望城市竞争力理论研究与实践应用的发展方向,理论验证、实践应用尤其是有关城市空间结构优化的研究对于城市竞争力研究领域的未来发展具有重要价值。

英文摘要：

Since the 1980s, increasing economic globalization has resulted in greater competition between cities, and urban competitiveness has been studied by economists, geographers, urban planners and other researchers. The theories and practices of urban competitiveness are of great strategic importance in China＇s sustainable healthy urbanization. This paper reviews and analyses studies by Chinese and foreign scholars on the theoretical basis of urban competitiveness concept, influencing factors and evaluation model, then gives a perspective view about the theoretical research and practice of the urban competitiveness theories. We propose a new direction for future urban competitiveness research, which integrates the verification and practice about the theories, especially the study of urban soatial distribution.