A Study On The Morphological Evolution Of Fuzhou City Since 1840

Urban morphology changes with the development of human community, as the result of interactions of physical and immaterial development. Nowadays, China is in a periodof rapid urbanization and economy development. With the increase of urban population, urban areas expand quickly. Consequently, there is a fast urban morphological evolution mainly made by urban sprawl and urban restructure. The study on urban morphology is one of the important foundations, which can help to guide a healthy urban development.In view of these and the deficiency of research on regional center cities, the thesis selects Fuzhou, Fujian Province as a case study. In the perspective of urban spatial exploitation, the thesis tries not only to analyze the developing track in each period of Fuzhou morphological evolution since 1840, but also to summarize the historical characteristics of urban morphological evolution. Furthermore, it goes deep into revealing the potential relationship between the urban morphological evolution and the development of the society andeconomy of the city. And it aims at concluding the regularity of urbanmorphological evolution of Fuzhou.Finally, the thesis discusses the development, regulation, control and optimization of Fuzhou's future urbanmorphology, in order to provide a reference for today's urban construction of the city and to promote the city towards a sustainable morphology.