The Evolution And Protection About The Features Of Settlement Civilization In Jinan Old City

Jinan , which is also called " springs-city " , is located in the northern Tai-Mountain and in the southern Ji-River . 72 famous springs create special habitat environment combined with the nature and the humanities .Jinan , which was determined as " national historical and cultural city " in 1986 , has the cultural heritage continued 2000 years . The area , closed by the city-wall and the moat made, in Qing dynasty , is considered to be the important protected area . The research purpose of " the evolution and protection about the features of settlement civilization in Jinan old city " focuses on : reorganizing the evolution and the status ; exploring the unique characteristics of the habitat environment ; searching for the context features and concentrating them .Under the status with confused context , the research on the settlement civilization and the architectural heritage in Jinan old city , must start from the perspective of social science , humanities , architectural science and environmental science . It is based on connotation . It relies on investigation and realistic rescue , combined with ancient records , expositions and investigation . The purpose is to enhance the value of the times , to continue the history and to make the past serve the present .The definition of this research area is : to explore the cultural heritage , as the residual springs , residences , courtyards , alleys and so on , to investigate the specific environment and the evolutional track of the settlement pattern , including natural , social and cultural ; to extract the context features of springs , courtyards and alleys , discussing eco-cultural theory and the possible forms of the residences in the background of the contemporary society ; to confirm the significance of courtyards to build a harmonious society .In the time span , based on the profound impact of the traditional historical periods on the planning of the old city , this paper explains the analysis and summarization on the whole , and the evolutional records in detail , focusing on the features of settlement civilization in the old city from " Ming and Qing dynasties " to " opening the port " . The impact of the contemporary society on the old city still continues , and this is more complicated . It is universally recognized that the guiding ideology is protection at first in the new time and space , not only on theoretical research , but also on practical exploration . From this point , this paper also discusses on the protection in historical and cultural cities , and the direction to continual research .This paper explores the theory and experience in forming the characteristic cities of ancient China , and the deep study of the historical and cultural heritage . Its special and innovatory point is that : to investigate the residual " resource architecture " in the old city thoroughly and to upgrade in theory , in order to discuss the ancient living space and the harmonious texture fundamentally ; to catch the features of settlement civilization in Jinan old city , based on history and evolution ; to search for the ecological models of city residences and the constitutional cells in harmonious society ; to complete the research for the feactures of the valuable settlement civilization , which is the continuity on protection and also the addition to inadequate points .