Geographically,Chinese science of capital geography is an important branch of Chinese science of ancient capitals,which shares the object of study and historical periods of the former.

The development and recent tendency of Japanese urban geography;

Based on the statistical data of related literature in both Chinese and foreign geography and some other journals from year 1980 to 2000, this paper reviews the development of urban geography in China from 1980 s.

The two main applications of fractal theory in urban geography are discussed.

The major theories of urban social geography in western countries and the significance of studying them in China: discussions on urban space;

First,the paper retrospects the developing course of urban social geography in western countries,and then remarks the transformation of modern urban social geography and its theory basis.

Facing the tendency of geographic socialization and humanism,urban social geography as an important branch discipline,has been the hottest concern and focus for Western geographers studies.

As a consequence of urbanization throughout the world, a new discipline of Earth Sciences, Urban Geophysics,appears.

As a branch of historical geography, historical urban geography studies cities in different historical phases, namely, urban spatial organization and its law of evolution in historical periods.