柴田德卫是一位国际知名的城市学者。他不仅一直致力于城市问题的研究，而且对城市行政有丰富的经验。不仅对日本，而且对英国、美国、墨西哥、委内瑞拉、法国、德国的城市问题都进行过研究。他为研究汽车引起的环境问题，还专程到曼谷、加尔各达、台北等城市做过调查。近年来，他十分关心经济快速发展中的中国的城市问题，特别是日益增多的汽车引起的城市环境问题。作为一个国际知名的城市学者，他在充分肯定中国近年来城市发展取得的进步的同时，结合日本在战后汽车发展过程中正反两个方面的经验，谆谆告诫中国同行，在发展汽车产业，普及家用汽车的同时，一定要注意其负面影响，及时采取相应的措施。本文是柴田先生应本刊要求而写的 Shibata Takayuki is an internationally renowned urban scholar. He has not only been devoted to the study of urban issues, but also has extensive experience in urban administration. Not only for Japan, but also for the United Kingdom, the United States, Mexico, Venezuela, France, Germany, urban issues have been studied. To investigate the environmental problems caused by cars, he made a special trip to Bangkok, Calcutta and Taipei to investigate. In recent years, he has been very concerned about China’s urban problems in a rapidly developing economy, especially the urban environmental problems caused by a growing number of cars. As an internationally renowned urban scholar, while fully affirming the progress made by China in urban development in recent years, he combined with Japan’s experience in both positive and negative aspects of the automobile development after the war, he cautioned the Chinese counterparts in the development of the automobile industry, While popularizing the family car, we must pay attention to its negative impact and take timely and appropriate measures. This article is written by Mr. Shibata