20世纪90年代以来,经济地理学的理论和实践领域经历了一次“关系转向”研究范式转折.集中研究多种地理尺度下的经济变化过程中,经济行为者的社会-空间关系的方式。文章评述了西方经济地理学“关系转向”的产生和研究进展,分析“关系转向”的特征和关系政策,探讨其对经济地理学科的影响以及对中国经济地理学科发展的启示。
Since 1990s, the theoretical and empirical work in economic geography has experienced what might be termed a 'relational turn' that focuses primarily on the ways in which socio-spatial relations of economic actors are intertwined with processes of economic change at various geographical scales. This paper reviews the emergence of 'relational turn' and the recent developments in the Western economic geography. It then analyses the characteristics of 'relational turn', discusses the influence of 'relational turn' on economic geography. Finally, some suggestions on the research agendas of 'relational turn' in Chinese economic geography are proposed.