Innovation Request and Technical Method of Urban Geography in the New Period

Urban geography is widely used in urban planning, regional planning, and multiform strategy researches about urban and area development. In the new period, urban geography is facing omnifarious innovation request in china. Firstly, the paper indicates that many problems such as lack of concept, disordered definition in basic concepts of urban geography in China; it is important to define basic concepts of urban areas to enhance pertinence and rationality of region research and region policy. Late-development countries have not duplicated the typical urbanized regional model of developed countries, which reveal urban geography possesses broad research prospect and opportunity in the countries whose economy and society reform rapidly. Under globalization, researcher should attach importance to singularity of the subjects and perspectiveness of research conclusions. Then, through introduction of research development, the paper discusses application of technical method in urban geography from angles of constitution of urban development strategy, quantification, facility location and geocomputation. Furthermore, through research development of business center, the paper expounds the significance of combining speculative knowledge with technical method. Finally, the paper summarizes the enlightenments which are beneficial to urban geography research.