The Modern Management of Urban Planning and the Controlling Planning

Since 1980s,with the further reform of political and economic systems,the urban construc-tion in our country has undergone great changes,greater than ever.Such changes pose a series ofnew problems to urban planning:How should planning be suitable for the development of moderncities?How should planning management coordinate with urban planning?How to carry out ur-ban planning under new situations? etc.The answers to these problems lie in one point:urbanplanning and plann ing management must be restructured.Only when the former is well com-bined with the latter can the above problems be solved satisfactorily.This article provides someviews in this respect.     

Enlightenment From the Development of Ancient City Planning in China in the Ancient Times

China is among the first countries in the world in developing the science of urban planning,and has evolved her own unique system.Through investigating the structural features of the plan-ning system,the laws governing its development and the causes of the rise and fall of the ancientplanning system,this article attempts to propose some insights useful to the establishment and de-velopment of the modern city planning in China.     

The Planning of Beijing Shangdi Information Industrial Base

The Shangdi Information IndustrialBase is a hi-tech park under construction in Beijing.The planning,while employing the conventionalregulatory detailed planning,has laid more emphasis onthe urban landscape design so as to create a perfect envi-ronment and embody the style and features of new gen-eration park of science and technology     

Greeting the New Century——On the Academic Development of Urban Planning in China

This is the speech given by Professor Wu Liangyong,Director of the UrbanPlanning Society of China,at the 1993's annual meeting of the Urban Planning So-ciety of China held in Xiangfan,on November 8,1993. In the light of the course of the academic development of China's urban plan-ning,while looking back on the history after World War Ⅱ and taking internationalexperiences for reference,the author analyses the problems which now exist in theplanning of our country and proposes how the functions,contents and methods ofthe work of urban planning meet the needs of the socialist market economy.He al-so makes theoretical elaboration on the principles upheld and the orientation andobjective of academic development in the work of urban planning.He lays stress onthe importance of the accomplishment of the ideological and moral quality for theurban planners under the new situation.     

Ten Years'Progress of Administration Work for Registered Urban Planners

The urban planner qualification system of China was established in the year of 2000.After ten years’ progress,a team of 15,000 registered urban planners has been set up,which has become the backbone of China’s urban planning industry and has played an important role.The enhancement of the administration of registered urban planners is needed for standardizing urban planning education,accelerating the fostering of planning professionals,and keeping pace with the market economy system and the urban-rural planning in the new era.Meanwhile,it is also an important task for China’s urban planning industry to open up to the outside world and catch up with international standards.     

Conceptual Model for Collaborative Planning in Iran with Emphasis on the Role of Urban Planners： A Case Study of Anzali＇s Development Strategy

Nowadays, public participation is one of the most important factors to improve the feasibility, legitimacy and quality of urban plans. In Iran, due to lack of comprehensive understanding about the participation notion and its necessary socio-economic and political infrastructures, participatory decision-making has faced with some serious challenges in both processes of preparing and implementing. The present paper focuses on providing practical strategies for preparing collaborative urban plans in Iran＇s conditions. Also it seeks to answer this question： What is the role of planners to prepare a real collaborative plan？ It is assumed that a conceptual model for collaborative planning can be fitted with Iran＇s conditions by means of integrating the fundamental philosophic ideas of participatory planning such as theories of Paul Michel Foucault and Jürgen Habermas, given the fact that the present situation of collaborative planning in Iran needs a supportive theory which is compatible with power structures of Iranian urban planning system. In this regard, the Habermas＇ theory of “communicative action” and the Foucault＇s theory of “power structures” are reviewed by a comparative analysis methodology to present an integrated conceptual model for collaborative planning in Iran＇s condition. At the end, the CDS （City Development Strategy）---making process of Anzali City of Iran is analysed to examine this claim in the practice. The results yield that enabling urban planners to act as communication facilitators during planning can direct the collaborative planning in Iran from theory to a real practice by means of integrating the positive aspects of communication and power.     

Strengthening of the Territorial Position of Valladolid through Planning Strategies： Networks,Patterns and Centralities

The urban condition of the European territory requires new approaches to explain the current development of cities and to propose new planning tools. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that we can support an innovative perspective based on intermediate geographical scales, more useful for outlining the specific features of territory. While we analyze the territory, we should overcome the strictly local scale of the administrative boundaries and create new relationship between contemporary urban concepts （metropolization of territory and metapolis） and the regional ecological patterns. In the case of Valladolid （E） urban/metropolitan area, we focus on both causes and process of city growth. We have understood that it could be inefficient for planning forgetting the real spatial configuration （the city is located in an intersection between two territorial corridors） and misunderstanding the territorial role of the city at different scales （the double centrality in the emerging urban area and in the region）. The significance of this case is to reveal the inter-scalar condition of places as generators of constraints in the contemporary urban fabric and, at the same time, to show the quality and the potential of places in the future urban realm.     

Summary of the Seminar Held by the China Urban Planning Information Network and the China Urban Planning Society

The China Urban Planning Informa-tion Network and the China Urban Plan-ning Society held a joint seminar in Fushun,Liaoning Province,on July 12—16,1988.The major topics of the seminar includedthe paid use of urban land and the im-provement and reform of city planning.The seminar discussed the situation     

Study on Evolution of Zhengzhou’s Urban Planning and Spatial Structure from 1906 to 1957

According to the study on history, the construction of Beijing-Hankou Rail Line and Lianyungang-Lanzhou Rail Line during the late Qing Dynasty and the era of the Republic of China (1912 - 1949) not only decided the spatial layout of modern Zhengzhou, but also brought about the rapid development of Zhengzhou’s commercial industry. Without scientific planning, they have already caused essential changes of Zhengzhou’s urban spatial structure. From the early days of the People’s Republic of China, urban planning became the most important factor to shape Zhengzhou’s urban spatial structure, in terms of the rational allocation of industrial areas. In above mentioned two successive periods, the driving forces of urban construction were different, the characteristics of urban spatial structure was also opposite, i.e., disorderly and unsystematic layout in the former period, while rigorous and regularized structure in the latter one. The problems existed in Zhengzhou’s spatial construction today are also closely related to this specific character formed in the early development period.     

Establishing an Operational Mechanism of Urban Planning in Line with the Socialist Market Economy

The 14th National Congress of the Communist Partyof China pointed out clearly that socialist market economicstructure should be gradually established in China beforethe end of the century so as to further emancipate and devel-op the productive forces. What kind of impact will the gradual establishment ofthe socialist market economic structure in China produceon urban planning?How will the work of urban planningsuit the needs of the new situation?These are the issues re-quiring careful study.I would like,herewith,to explain myrough ideas in this regard.     

The Practice of the Comprehensive Traffic Planning for the City of Chongqing

This article discribes the comprehensive traffic planning of Cho-ngqing, an extra-large industrial city in the southwest of China,which has a geographical importance and hilly terrain. The plan-ning stresses the needs to meet the city's future socio-economic de-velopment strategy, the guarantee for the realization of urban devel-opment strategy and the solutions to the conspicuous traffic prob-lems.     

Glossary

<正>Editor’s Note:In China,urban planning education emerged in the early 20th century after modern urban planning was introduced from the West in the late 19th century,following the Western colonization in China,and then practiced through the construction of international concessions and leased territories in a number of Chinese cities.It became     

Some Empirical Examples of Central Place Model in China

At the beginning of 1980s,the Central Place Theory was introduced into China from the West.The authors ofthis article are the initiators of applying this model to China's urban and regional planning as well as to the allocationof commercial activities.Since the commodity economy has been developing in China for thousands of years,most ofthe areas in eastern plains and inland basins of China show the spatial structure of typical central places scene.Duringsome six years,the authors participated in a lot of rural,urban and regional planning projects in which the spatialphenomena and relevant internal mechanism proved this model and its deformation.This paper gives only a few ex-amples of the application of central place theory in China:1.the distribution of rural markets,the empirical study isbased mainly on the situation in Shengfang town and its vicinal area;2.the spatial combination of urban systems,problems about city allocation in North China are emphasized;3.commercial centers in city and the network,a cru-cial study on commercial centers in city and the network,a crucial study on commercial distribution of themetropolis.Beijing is done by using central place model.     

Call for Papers

As the only professional and academic English periodical in the area of urban planning and design in China,China City Planning Review(CCPR)is jointly supported by the Urban Planning Society of China,the Center for Human Settlements of Tsinghua University,the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University,and the Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning&Design Institute Co.Ltd.Articles in CCPR mainly cover various studies on Chinese cities from the perspective of urban planning and design.     

Research on Match of the Planning for Public Service Facilities in Urban Residential Areas to the Living Circle Characteristics of Older People

China entered an aging society in 1999 based on the United Nations’ definition that an aging society is one where the population aged sixty and above accounts for more than 10 percent of the total population. Accordingly, community-based home care for older people has become a social trend and the main policy orientation of the urban elderly care service system. How to meet older people’s needs for living and caring services in urban residential areas is a major challenge for China to conduct ur...     

An Exploration of the Thinking and Method of the Revision of Beijing''''s Master Planning

This article introduces the new thinking andmethod of the revision of Beijing's master plan.The plannersmade new exploration and breakthroughs in such aspects asthe involvement of the general public in planning,the intro-duction of value concept,unified planning of both urban andrural areas,how to link with the future goals of development,etc.     

On the Dynamic Model of the Development of Urban Business Center System

The static model applied nowadays in the planning of urban business center systemin China can no longer meet the requirements of modern urban construction. The authoradopted the dynamic model to study the activity pattern of the Nanjing residents who didshopping in the business center and as well the development law of the center itself, hop-ing to find out an effective planning approach for business center system.     

Call for Papers

正As the only professional and academic English periodical in the area of urban planning and design in China,China City Planning Review(CCPR)is jointly supported by the Urban Planning Society of China,the Center for Human Settlements of Tsinghua University,the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University,and the Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban PlanningDesign Institute Co.Ltd.Articles in CCPR mainly cover various studies on Chinese cities from the perspective of urban planning and design,     

Call for Papers

正As the only professional and academic English periodical in the area of urban planning and design in China,China City Planning Review(CCPR)is jointly supported by the Urban Planning Society of China,the Center for Human Settlements of Tsinghua University,the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University,and the Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban PlanningDesign Institute Co.Ltd.Articles in CCPR mainly cover various studies on Chinese cities from the perspective of urban planning and design,     

Call for Papers

正As the only professional and academic English periodical in the area of urban planning and design in China, China City Planning Review(CCPR) is jointly supported by the Urban Planning Society of China, the Center for Human Settlements of Tsinghua University,the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University, and the Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning Design Institute Co. Ltd. Articles in CCPR mainly cover various studies on Chinese cities from the perspective of urban planning and design,