Humanities, Ecology, Landscape

Urban waterfront which has internal permanent attraction for humankind is the most sensitive area in urban environment and culture. Urban waterfront play a important part in city. In recent years,more and more people and countries are interested in the planning and design of urban waterfront .It has been given benefit to people all around the world but there are also some problems. Based on analyzing the expericen and lessons,the author wants to find a scientific way of the planning and design of urban waterfront by using the standpoint of humanities,landscape, ecology.The related problems on planning and design of urban waterfront have been studied preliminarily in the article.The historical origins, the concept, the feature and the inscape of urban waterfront have been introduced.And the principia and method have been concluded which using for the planning and design of urban waterfront.The characteristic design method has been analyzed which about the inscape of urban waterfront. And the concrete conformation of the planning and design of urban waterfrontalso has been showed.The article includes five parts.Part one is the foreword. In this part the necessity and importance of the planning and design of urban waterfront have been analyzed.And the reason for choosing the topic and the recent development of it have been introduced.Then the argument of the article has been put forward which in order to find a scientific way of the planning and design of urban waterfront.Part two, according to the define with relevant concepts, the theoretical foundations of planning and design of urban waterfront have been put forward, which including science of human settlement,ecology,landscape ecology,landscape ecological planning.Part three, the inscape of urban waterfront have been compartmentalized, which including humanities element, ecotypic landscape element ,traffic element,and then making introduction of connotation and feature. Humanities element includes historical context, spirite of place,aesthetic conception, humanities landscape.Ecotypic landscape element includes horizon, waterside, water landscape, waterside building, waterside plant and waterside greenbelt, bridge, landscape parergon, ministrant establishment, traffic element includes traffic in land, traffic in water.Part four is the most important part of the article. In this part the planning and design of urban waterfront has been detailedly dissertated. The principia of it have been put forward, which including natural principia, holistic principia, successional principia, mutual principia, diversify principia, hydrophilic principia,durative development principia. The adoptive method of it have been suggested, which including humanities design, ecotypic design, landscape sequence.The characteristic design of the inscape of urbanwaterfront has been expatiated.The concrete conformation of the planning and design of urban waterfront have been introduced, which including Ecological protection zone, Waterside kursaal, Waterside park, Town center district, Water town.Part five is conclusion. The article has been generalized and summarized.And the specific requests to architect have been put forward.