Abstract: This paper makes a systematic exposition of Schools of urban study after the second world war,including their forming processes,theories and approaches and new progresses.This schools are :the ecological approach,neo-classical approach,behavioural approach,humanist approaches,Marx’s approach,neo-Weberian approach,new conservatism,structuralism,postmodernism and Fordism.These west schools of urban study after the second world war can be divided into three groups.The first group includes the ecological approach,noe-classical and behavioural approach, which formed in 1960s. The second group consists of new-Marx’s approach,neo-Weberian approach and humanist approaches and prospered in 1970’s.The last one is composed of new conservatism,structuralism,postmodernism and Fordism (including high-Fordism,late-Fordism,post-Fordism). 

Key words: schools of urban study, approaches of urban study