The Landscape Design Of Urban Waterfront Areas Based On The Concept Of River Restoration

In a long time, river plays an important role in the development of cities. The vitality of water always can promote the waterfront areas nearby. With the developing of cities, however, the rivers which flow through cities are serious damage. Nowadays, faced with the ecological degradation of river and waterfront areas, people aware that traditional engineering method in river management can’t solve the essence problem. On the basis of ecology principle, maintaining river ecosystem health circulation is the right way to make sustainable development of river and urban waterfront areas. This article consider of the river ecological restoration and combine it with the feature of structure and landscape architecture in waterfront areas as well as the analysis of successful practice cases. In the situation of terrible river deterioration, attempt to make restorative landscape design for river and waterfront areas by human intervention to lead a health ecosystem circulation. Eventually, achieve the multifunction sustainable and low maintenance landscape design in river and urban waterfront areas.