城市化是发展中国家都要经历的一个历史阶段,由此也不可避免地带来交通拥堵、环境污染、生活成本提高、资源压力加大等一系列问题。逆城市化则是城市化发展到一定阶段的必然趋势。西方有一句“穷人住城里,富人住城外”的俚语。这在一定程度上反映了西方发达国家的现实。人们所熟知的那些西方大都市,基本都摆脱了过去城市化带来的诸多弊端,逆城市化在其中功不可没。我国的城市化进程虽然起步较晚,但逆城市化趋势已经渐露端倪,例如农家乐、乡村游、下乡养老现象的方兴未艾,崇 Urbanization is a historical stage that all developing countries are going to experience. As a result, it will inevitably bring about a series of problems such as traffic congestion, environmental pollution, rising living costs and increasing pressure on resources. Inverse urbanization is the inevitable trend of urbanization to a certain stage. There is a Western slang saying “the poor live in the city and the rich live outside the city.” To a certain extent, this reflects the reality of the developed western countries. Those well-known western metropolis basically get rid of the many disadvantages brought by the urbanization in the past. The anti-urbanization can not be neglected. Although the process of urbanization in our country started relatively late, the anti-urbanization trend has been gradually revealed. For example, peasant music, rural tourism and the pension for the countryside are in the ascendant.