Urban Space Expansion and Natural Evolution of Land---Research on Natural Evolution Planning of Urban Development

Author: Yang Donghui
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Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: The author, moved by the pressing environmental and ecological challenges commonly found in urban development in China, explores from the perspective of respecting nature and valuing the harmonious development of ecology and cities, how to scientifically balance the relationship between urban expansion and nature on the basis of previous research. He seeks a path for urban development that integrates the natural evolutionary process. This book is a revised version of his doctoral dissertation, and its explorations are highly attractive to a broad range of professionals. To translate the theory of sustainable development into practical urban actions, one must first understand how urban development leads to the degradation of the natural environment; or, how cities can expand without harming the environment while maintaining their own sustainable development. How should the contradiction between environment and development be reconciled? This book addresses these fundamental questions to explore the interrelationship between cities and nature, as well as the relationship between urban development and the overall ecosystem. It takes the natural evolutionary process and the laws of nature as its starting point, seeking the convergence points between nature and urban development based on their intrinsic requirements. It also focuses on exploring comprehensive planning issues that can achieve sustainable urban development. This book can serve as a reference for urban construction and management, urban planning, and urban design professionals, as well as for students and teachers in related fields at universities.