【摘要】 1980年代以来，城市体系研究实现了两大突破：在空间尺度上，实现了由国家尺度向全球尺度的突破；在理论视角上，实现了从中心地模式到网络模式的突破。20世纪90年代后期，世界/全球城市研究与网络概念开始融合，由此开辟了世界城市网络(world city network)研究领域。世界城市网络研究以世界为尺度、以网络为视角，侧重分析跨境的城市间关系(inter-city relations)。20多年来，西方城市学者对世界城市网络进行了大量的理论和实证研究。论文聚焦世界城市网络研究的相关理论和方法论：首先勾画世界城市体系重组的全球背景；接着讨论世界城市等级体系、世界城市假说、全球城市和“流空间”等理论的核心思想；然后总结世界城市“连锁网络模型”的构架和常用的社会网络分析方法；最后讨论已有理论和方法的不足之处，以及有待推进的研究方向。更多还原

【Abstract】 Since the 1980s, the study of systems of cities has seen two major breakthroughs, that is, the shift from the national scale to the global scale, and the shift from the central place theory to a network perspective.Starting in the late 1990s, world/global city research began to merge with the network perspective, resulting in a growing interest in the study of world city networks. World city network(WCN) research uses a network perspective to study cross-border inter-city relations on the global scale. A considerable amount of theoretical and empirical research on world city networks has emerged over the past two decades. The purpose of this article was to critically review recent advances and the main limitations of theories and methods underpinning current world city network research. The article outlined the global context that gives rise to the fundamental restructuring of world city systems. The essential tenets of the main theories pertaining to world city network research were then discussed, including the hierarchy of world cities, world city hypothesis, global city, and "space of flows". The specifications, key assumptions, and applications of the interlocking network model(INM)were presented, followed by a discussion of several social network analysis(SNA) tools commonly used in world city network research. Finally, the article discussed the limitations of existing theories and methodology and, on that basis, highlighted several areas that deserve further research.更多还原