Nowadays, cities have dominated human social life, whether it's Eastern society or Western society. This is why this issue is important. It is because urban life is not only related to the present of mankind, but also to the future of mankind. Recognizing the importance and diversity of urban functions can better guide human production and life. However, studies of the function of cities do not do a good job of explaining why this is the case. This article attempts to answer this question. This article adopts a historical perspective and comparative method, starts from the theory of traditional functionalism, and expounds the general functions of cities in the origin period, the functions of medieval European cities and ancient Chinese cities, the functions of cities after the Industrial Revolution, and the new functions of contemporary cities. On the basis of the traditional functionalism theory, urban typology and urban ecology explanations, two explanatory functions of the city are proposed - container and magnet. Statically, the city is a container of population, technology and institutions, enabling inclusion and integration; dynamically, the city is a magnet that continuously absorbs foreign populations. In a word, the function of the city is a complex of container and magnet.
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abstract = {Nowadays, cities have dominated human social life, whether it's Eastern society or Western society. This is why this issue is important. It is because urban life is not only related to the present of mankind, but also to the future of mankind. Recognizing the importance and diversity of urban functions can better guide human production and life. However, studies of the function of cities do not do a good job of explaining why this is the case. This article attempts to answer this question. This article adopts a historical perspective and comparative method, starts from the theory of traditional functionalism, and expounds the general functions of cities in the origin period, the functions of medieval European cities and ancient Chinese cities, the functions of cities after the Industrial Revolution, and the new functions of contemporary cities. On the basis of the traditional functionalism theory, urban typology and urban ecology explanations, two explanatory functions of the city are proposed - container and magnet. Statically, the city is a container of population, technology and institutions, enabling inclusion and integration; dynamically, the city is a magnet that continuously absorbs foreign populations. In a word, the function of the city is a complex of container and magnet.},
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