Brigter Nights in Cities of China

Thanks to the growth of urban lighting sys-tern,nights in China's cities are becomingbrighter.By the end of 1991,there were al-together 1.25 million road lamps in largeand medium-sized cities across thecountry,while before 1949 only a limited     

A Review of Housing Construction in China''''s Cities

In this article,the author briefly reviews the urban housing construction in the 40 yearssince the founding of New China,especially over the recent ten years.He puts emphasis on theanalysis of the benefits and defects brought about by the financing and banking system for urbanhousing construction before and during the reform of housing system.     

A Fresh Understanding of Cities and Their Planning

In city planning,only by strengthening the research on basic theory can we haveclear picture of the nature of various problems of the existing society.In order to have a betterunderstanding of the goal of our planning,the author tries to make a reassessment of some im-portant conceptions such as cities,the relationship between cities and countryside,city planningand so on,by analysing the social structure,and hopes his analysis will evoke the conceptionalchange of the planners.     

The Development Trend of Cities with One Million Population

The development trend of cities withmore than one million population is one ofthe focuses of attention in the urban scienceand urban planning circles. The systematicdata accumulated by the experiences in the     

Environmental Problems of Openning Cities in China During the Development of Internationalization

The Seventy of Environmental Problems ofMetropolis in Developing CountriesSince the human society entered by the era ofindustrialization and internationalization,thecontracdiction between urban development and environ-ment has been always besetting scholars governments andsocieties:especially that the formation and development ofextra—large cities in many developing countries were madeat the expense of sacrificing the environmental and livingqualities.Not only various morbid states ever besetting thedeveloped countries have reappeared,but the”excessive ur-ban diseases”due to urban spawl going beyong the econom-ic development also appeared in those cities:excessive den-sity of constant urban population and rudimentary indus-tries,over loading of low-level urban infrastructure and avariety of serious industrial and bio-chemicalpo pulations…,from which various kinds of explosiveecological.economical and social crisis have arrisen making some extra-large cities of poor countries the mostunstable and uns     

Some Thoughts on the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Cities

Through the concepts in the preservation plan for the historical and cultural city of Shenyang,this paper at-tempts to discuss and explore various issues such as the understanding and implementation,contents and concepts,preservation and development,heritage and redevleopment of the historical and cultural city,with a hope to providethis profound topic some references for consideration.With the economic and cultural development of the country,more and more attention has been paid to the pres-ervation and the utilization of the historical and cultural relics.Shenyang is one of the second group of the historicalcities designated by the State Council in 1986.Preservation plan and protective measures are now being formulatedfor this city.The following paragraphs outline some views in respect of the preservation of historical and cultural cities.     

The Study of Mechanism for the Development of the Large Cities in China

In studying the development of largecities in China,one has to examine both itspattern,a repeated phenomenon which isuniversal in the development of large cities,and its mechanism, which exists in the tradi-tional culture as well as in the political andeconomic structures of the society.     

Improving Planning Mechanism to Upgrade the Planning Level of Old Cities

Before 1980,in the development ofChina's cities,emphysis was laid on theconstruction of new cities and expansionof new urban districts.As for old citiesand old urban districts,the principle of“full utilization and gradual transforma-tion”was adopted.Therefore,accordingto general comprehension,old cities main-ly refer to the areas which were formed inhistory and need to be maintained andtransformed now,and they usually in-clude inner city and areas built before     

The Issue of Street Construction in the Transformation of Old City Areas in Medium-and-Small-Sized Cities

Excerpts: The rapid economic development of cities provides the material basis for the transformation of the oldcities. The reconstruction of streets is the first issue being looked at. In the past few years,experiences have beengained and problems encountered. For instance, only some sections of the streets are reconstructed, the scale and de-velopment program of reconstruction are decided without any comprehensive, conceptual planning program, Thispaper attempts to analyse the reasons and defects of the past practice and some suggestions are made on improve-ment measures. It is pointed out in particular, that the transformation of streets should be based in the need, devel-opment potential, characteristics and specific role of the cities in order to enable the streets to be reconstructed incoordination with the transformation of the cities as a whole.     

The Multicultural Influence of Ancient Cities and Towns along the Xijiang River

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Secondary Yet Metropolitan? The Challenges of Metropolitan Integration for Second-Tier Cities

This paper discusses whether the areas where metropolitan integration can be beneficial for cities in general corresponds to the typical areas of disadvantage of many second-tier cities in Europe, and explores the implications of that convergence. Metropolitan integration entails functional, institutional and symbolic dimensions, whose potential advantages include exploiting the agglomeration benefits emerging from the metropolitan scale, efficiently deploying shared metropolitan resources, and acquiring political-institutional influence over higher-level policymaking. Research shows that many European second-tier cities face persistent disadvantages in comparison to first-tier cities in these areas, and this article contributes to the discussion of new strategies of second-tier city development by exploring the potential effect of metropolitan integration in overcoming these setbacks. We empirically assess the gains in demographic and functional mass experienced by second-tier cities by aggregating the metropolitan scale, and draw from various examples to illustrate their interest in increasing institutional and political capacity. Metropolitan region formation seems indeed a promising strategy for many second-tier cities, especially those embedded in large and dense urban territories, and located in countries with a dominant first-tier city. To mobilise this potential, the paper further discusses the planning and governance strategies that can best manage the opportunities and hurdles of a metropolitan integration process.     

Some Thoughts on the Flood Prevention Planning of Our Cities and Towns

The author took part in the field investigationof the flooded areas in the Huihe River and LakeTai Basin.She made analysis of the experience andlessons in the project planning for prevention ofvery serious floods which took place in 1991 andpointed out that it is very important to raise thecity＇s capacity of flood-prevention by stepping upsuch work as the adaptation evaluation of city＇sLand,flood drainage,non-engineering measuresand so on.     

Relations Between the Industrial Output and the Size of Cities in China

Currently, there are controversies onthe development policy for large, mediumand small sized cities. To appraise the ad-vantages and disadvantages of cities of vari-ous sizes from different angles, conclusionscan vary tremendously. Starting from devel-opment productivity, cities in China shouldaim at achieving good output returns. This article tries to discuss the outputreturns of cities of different size from two     

The Problems of Industrial Land Use in Chinese Cities and Counter—Measures

The concentration of Industries In cities is a commonphenomenon In the course of urhanlzatlon.The reason isIballhe concenlralbn orsndustrles wsuob重alnlhe‘乞concen-traied conomlc returns.” The concentration ofindustriesincities has occupied more land for indutrial use ifthe industri-al land use makes up a very low proportion in the total landuse In cities,the concentrated e门Dciency can not be broughtinto play.Ifthe Proportion is too big,land for other func-nons will be squeezed out,thus affecting the full play of theoverall functions of＊theons urban land.The unreasonable indus-trial land used now exists in Chinese cities.     

Review and Exploration of the Development of Planning for the Conservation of the Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China

To comprehend the development of the famous histori-cal and cultural cities in China and their conservation plan-ning, it is necessary to understand, first of all, the back-ground of their history and present condition. This back-ground has taken shape in the historic development of thecities and is influenced by many complicated factors of thepresent time. To discuss these factors in simple way, theycan be summarized as follows:The impact of the historical and cultural ideas;The impact of the physical and environmental condi-tion;The impact of the present socialand economicsituation.The impact of the historical and cultural ideasChina is a country with ancient civilization. TheChinese cultural has been shaped through development, in-heritance and harmony in a history of 5000 years on the ba-sis of the ancient Huaxia Culture with the Yellow River andthe Yangtse River as the main arteries.The rising of ancient cities in China can be traced backto over 3500 years ago. China is a multinational country. Int     

A Probe into the Changing Pattern,Development and Distribution of Cities in China

Since the founding of the People's Re-public of China,the development of citiesand towns has been basically sound.Hun-dreds of cities have been either developed,renewed or emerged into modern cities.