Study On The Suitable Model Of Human Settlement--The Concept Of "Basic Human Ecological Unit

Based on the characters of practical construction and research of Human Settlement in China today, this paper puts forward the concept" the Basic Human Settlement Unit", and tries to analyze the problems and explores the possible suitable methods on the construction of human settlement with this new concept. Under this concept, the core idea is that we should give the priority to the holistic interest of natural ecological system, but not the unilateral benefits of human being. And the basic rule and the evaluation standards of human settlement's construction should depend on whether it's of help to maintain the general harmony, balance, stability and sustainable existence of ecological system. A village, a city or even a regional human settlement could be taken as a "Basic Human Settlement Unit", and it involves all kinds of human settlements together, such as those on the mountainous, the waterfront or the plain area. This concept has broken the restriction of topography and administration division, and make it possible to study on the human settlement with a holistic method.In the past, when we study the human settlement, we always divide it into different hierarchy between the whole city and the neighborhood unit. Of course, this can simplify the questions and make them much clear. However, such method has repeated the usual method of mechanism. In order to improve this situation, this paper tries to study the human settlement by referring to " the small river valley", " the boundary", " the regional gene" and the other factors with strong internal relationship. The author thinks these factors can not only explain the horizontal but also the vertical relationship in human settlement, and they are more significant in the process of ecological transformation.This paper has no intention to establish a common model or a complete research framework of human settlement because of the limits of its extremely complex and the early age of the relevant study. The main goal of this paper is tries to use the new perspective "the Basic Human Settlement Unit" , combined with some practical projects, to study the character and internal law of human settlement in an open way, and hope to bring some new ideas and suggestions to the present construction of China human settlement.