Function Evolution and Landscape Planning Strategy of Inland Rivers in Beilun Port City of Ningbo

In the history, the main roles of inland rivers in Beilun Port City of Ningbo were desalination,blocking tides, shipping, and flood control. Nowadays, with the continuous spread and deepening ofurbanization, the ecological environment of river courses has been destroyed. In the past, remediationmeasures based on engineering and technology played a certain role, but can not “cure the root cause”. Itshould respect the historical evolution process of river courses, and highlight the ecological service functionand leisure tourism value of river courses from the coordination perspective of urban and rural ecologicalenvironment, economic industries, society and culture in the planning ideas of ecology, production, andlife integration. Four aspects of the measures are as below: protecting and repairing the ecological matrixof river courses;building green space system and maintaining flood control functions through the waternetwork;protecting cultural heritage along the rivers;developing waterfront leisure tourism scenic area.

Zhangjiagang——A Modern Port City

Zhangjiagang, located on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and an important military town in ancient times, was previously under the. jurisdiction of Shazhou County. It became Zhangjiagang City in 1986, named after Zhangjiagang, a natural port in the area. With fertile soil, a good climate and sufficient rainfall, Zhangjiagang is a production base for high yield grain and good quality cotton. In addition, it is renowned for its variety of river food, chicken, peaches, grapes, wine, water melons and tea.

Introduction to the Port City of Seattle

Seattle Located on a neck of land between the Elliott Bay (the Puget Sound) and Lake Washington, Seattle is a major city of Washington State and the largest metropolis of the Pacific Northwest in the USA. It is a port of entry and gateway to Asia and Alaska. The city has an area of 84 square miles and a population of about 516,000 (1992), with a density of 10,879 per Square mile.

Strategic Study on Integration of Port and City Development in Rizhao

agglomeration of the Yangtze Delta （UAYD）, one of the most developed regions of China, has witnessed an increasing prevalence in building ecological cities when the ecological cities are pursued by many modern cities, and great achievements have been made in this regard. It is inevitable, however, that certain problems exist during the construction of ecological city, which include but not limited to non-harmonious development of urban complex ecosystem, and the difficulty in quantifying eco-city construction or incomplete quantification in assessing the con- structiori of present and future eco-city. Based on the analysis on social-economic conditions and regional conditions of the UAYD, this paper attempts to set up an index system of eco-cities combining with local characteristics, and to adopt the indices of eco-city, urban harmony, and eco-city colligate to evaluate the ecological level, urban harmonious development and eco-city construction of cities within the UAYD. Results indicate that among 15 cities in UAYD, Suzhou City ranks the highest in terms of eco-city construction, whereas Nantong ranks relatively lower; sustainable eco-city construction is possible only when cities are developed in every respect of harmony.

Research of the morphology of Zhejiang coastal port cities

Lince port cities are the first new force of China's economy to outside world, they have been developing rapidly under the open policy In this article, Zhejiang's coast port cities are taken as research subject Through intensive analysis of a great number of data which had been obtained during onthespot investigations, the regional conditions, superior and inferior conditions for development of Zhejiang's coast port cities are systematically surveyed, the development of their overall distribution trait, internal structure morphology and outer morphology is examined and the development trend of port city allocation is identified which provide theoretical basis for the further development of port cities

The evolution of George Town’s urban morphology in the Straits of Malacca,late 18th century-early 21st century

George Town is a significant World Heritage Site in the Straits of Malacca.This paper examined the evolution of urban morphology in George Town within geography,politics,economy,and culture in a horizontal dimension and layer upon layer in a vertical dimension.In this study,to ensure the objectives are achieved,qualitative methods will be applied including several approaches such as literature review,interpretation of archives chronologically,maps study,census returns,trade directories,photographs and postcards,and urban master plan study.The research is based on the analysis of urban construction,land use,economic development,and municipal policies.First,study the urban morphology in a specific period,and construct the inner layer structure in each period.Second,an analogy is drawn among the evolution of the urban morphology by time-scale,this section focusses on the historical conjunctures and events related to the urban construction.An important contribution can be made to the conservation and management of urban built heritage in George Town,on the one hand,explaining the evolution of urban morphology by examining George Tow nphysical and spatial environment,and in turn,on the other hand,understanding about the physical and spatial environment by examining the urban morphology.