尽管都市在我们的文明中有其特定含义,然而,我们却对都市居民生活方式的特性和城市化的过程所知甚少。地理学家、历史学家、经济学家以及政治学家曾从各自学科的观点出发,总结出不相一致的有关都市的定义。社会学虽无意以自己的定义取代其他定义,但社会学对都市研究的方法,强调的是作为人类联合体中的一种特殊形式的都市的特性。所以,社会学在对都市下定 Although metropolitan has its own specific meaning in our civilization, however, little is known about the characteristics of urban lifestyles and the process of urbanization. Geographers, historians, economists, and political scientists, from the point of view of their respective disciplines, have come up with inconsistent definitions of cities. Although sociology is not intended to replace other definitions with its own definition, sociological methods of urban research emphasize the character of a metropolis as a special form of human association. Therefore, sociology in the city set