熊月之认为,中国传统城市与欧洲古代城市的根本不同之处,在于自古以来城乡文化一致性、城乡行政一体性的特点没有改变;即使近代通商口岸的出现,强烈地冲击了中国传统城市的体制,但城乡文化一致性在通商口岸仍有顽强表现,城乡行政一体性在非通商口岸依然存在。戴一峰认为,目前城市史研究存在着两种不同的视野——内向性视野和外向性视野,而中国的大多数学者更偏好于内向性视野,应当在今后的城市史研究中大力提倡内向性视野与外向性视野的交叉并用。张利民认为,近代以来城乡对立的关系不仅没有得到缓解,反而出现城乡发展脱节、城乡差别迅速扩大状态;因为自身动力不足和得不到乡村的支持,结果是限制了近代中国城市的整体发展水平。何一民认为,科学地划分中国城市史的不同发展时期,对于研究中国城市历史十分重要;而以生产力和生产技术的变革作为划分城市分期的标准,可以将中国城市历史划分为农业时代、工业时代、信息时代三个时期。陈蕴茜认为,中国城市转型是社会系统转型的一个缩影,它涉及社会、政治、经济、文化、记忆、认同等众多层面,而“空间”却是可以充分展示这种转型现代性特征的重要维度;将“空间”引入中国城市史研究,能够更深入地揭示中国城市演化的独特规律。 Xiong Yuezhi believes that the fundamental difference between traditional Chinese cities and ancient European cities lies in the consistency of urban and rural cultures since ancient times and the unification of urban and rural administrative features; while the emergence of modern treaty ports strongly influenced the system of traditional Chinese cities, However, the cultural consistency between urban and rural areas is still tenacious in the ports of commerce, and the unification of urban and rural administration still exists in non-treaty ports. Dai Yifeng believes that there are two different fields of vision in the study of urban history: the introvert and the extroversion, while most Chinese scholars prefer the inward-looking perspective. In the future, the study of urban history should strongly promote introversion The combination of horizons and extroversion horizons. Zhang Limin believes that since the modern era, the relationship between urban and rural areas has not been eased up. Instead, there has been a gap between urban and rural areas, and the gap between urban and rural areas has rapidly expanded. Because of its own lack of motivation and lack of support from the rural areas, the result has limited the overall development of modern Chinese cities. He Yimin believes that scientifically dividing the different development periods of Chinese urban history is very important for studying the history of Chinese cities. Taking the transformation of productive forces and production technologies as the criteria for dividing the urban phases, the history of Chinese cities can be divided into agricultural age, industrial age, Information age three periods. Chen Yunxi believes that urban transformation in China is a microcosm of the transformation of the social system and involves many dimensions such as social, political, economic, cultural, memory and identity. However, “space” is an important indicator of this transitional modernity Dimension; Introducing “space ” into the study of urban history in China can reveal the unique laws of urban evolution in China in more depth.