Building Rainbows for the City

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Nice Ltd.and the City of Development Zones

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The City Culture and Regional Feature of Osaka

Introduced is the regional feature and development plan of Osaka in Japan with statistic at figures. The paper makes an analysis of the meaning of regional architecture with balanced consideration of modern technology and social development based on its homeland.

Evolution and future of urban ecological science:ecology in,of,and for the city

The contrast between ecology in cities and ecology of cities has emphasized the increasing scope of urban ecosystem research.Ecology in focuses on terrestrial and aquatic patches within cities,suburbs,and exurbs as analogs of non-urban habitats.Urban fabric outside analog patches is considered to be inhospi-table matrix.Ecology of the city differs from ecology in by treating entire urban mosaics as social-ecolog-ical systems.Ecology of urban ecosystems incorporates biological,social,and built components.Originally posed as a metaphor to visualize disciplinary evolution,this paper suggests that the contrast has conceptual,empirical,and methodological contents.That is,the contrast constitutes a disciplinary or“local”paradigm shift.The paradigm change between ecology in and ecology of represents increased complexity,moving from focus on biotic communities to holistic social-ecological systems.A third paradigm,ecology for the city,has emerged due to concern for urban sustainability.While ecology for includes the knowledge generated by both ecology in and ecology of,it considers researchers as a part of the system,and acknowledges that they may help envision and advance the social goals of urban sustainability.Using urban heterogeneity as a key urban feature,the three paradigms are shown to contrast in five important ways:disciplinary focus,the relevant theory of spatial heterogeneity,the technology for representing spatial structure,the resulting classification of urban mosaics,and the nature of application to sustainability.Ecology for the city encourages ecologists to engage with other specialists and urban dwellers to shape a more sustainable urban future.

How ancient Chinese constellations are applied in the city planning?An example on the planning principles employed in Xianyang,the capital city of Qin Dynasty

As the first empire of imperial China,the Qin Dynasty is a crucial period for the establishment of China’s territory,nationality,political system and academic thoughts[1].The planning and construction history of Xianyang,the capital city of the Qin,can be dated from the 12th year of the King of Qin Dynasty,Qinxiaogong(350 BC)to the death of the Second Emperor of Qin(206 BC)spanning a total of144 years.During that time,Xianyang was

Evolutionary characteristics and driving factors of carbon emission performance at the city level in China

To achieve carbon peak targets,realize carbon neutrality vision,and tackle global climate change,China must improve the carbon emission performance at the city level.Based on the carbon emission performance of 191 prefecture-level cities in China from 1997 to 2017,this paper analyses the evolution characteristics of urban carbon emission performance from three aspects:the overall spatial and temporal evolution,the differences according to both region and city size,and the differences among clusters categorized by carbon emission performance at the city level.This paper also reveals the impact of the social and economic transition on China’s carbon emission performance.The results show that:(1)The overall level of carbon emission performance of Chinese cities is low,and there is a downward trend during the study period.The differences in carbon emission performance among cities are convergent,but there is a wide gap between high and low values.(2)The carbon emission performance of cities in eastern coastal areas is higher than that in non-coastal areas cities.Large urban agglomerations and economically developed regions,such as provincial capitals,are the agglomeration areas of high urban carbon emission performance values.(3)The carbon emission performance level of cities with similar sizes will converge.At the same time,such changes will enhance the differences among carbon emission performances at the city level within the same region.(4)Cities that belong to high urban carbon emission performance clusters are mainly distributed in the eastern region.Such cities are classified into large cities,supercities,and megacities.Compared with low urban carbon emission performance clusters,cities in high urban carbon emission performance clusters show a higher proportion in the medium-high level and high level of carbon emission performance.Moreover,cities in high urban carbon emission performance clusters are more likely to improve their urban carbon emission performance.(5)The economic agglomeration effect,industrial structure adjustment and carbon intensity reduction have a significant impact on improving urban carbon emission performance.Population agglomeration has an incremental effect,and the anticipated benefits of environmental regulation have yet to be fully realized.The impacts of different clusters and different regions are variable.Finally,this paper advances policy enlightenment according to its research findings.

Linking science and decision making to promote an ecology for the city:practices and opportunities

To promote urban sustainability and resilience,there is an increasing demand for actionable science that links science and decision making based on social-ecological knowledge.Approaches,frameworks,and practices for such actionable science are needed and have only begun to emerge.We propose that approaches based on the co-design and co-production of knowledge can play an essential role to meet this demand.Although the antecedents for approaches to the co-design and co-production of knowledge are decades old,the integration of science and practice to advance urban sustainability and resilience that we present is different in several ways.These differences include the disciplines needed,diversity and number of actors involved,and the technological infrastructures that facilitate local-to global connections.In this article,we discuss how the new requirements and possibilities for co-design,co-production,and practical use of social-ecological research can be used as an ecology for the city to promote urban sustainability and resilience.While new technologies are part of the solution,traditional approaches also remain important.Using our urban experiences with long-term,place-based research from several U.S.Long-Term Ecological Research sites and U.S.Department of Agriculture,Forest Service Urban Field Stations,we describe a dynamic framework for linking research with decisions.We posit that this framework,coupled with a user-defined,theory-based approach to science,is instrumental to advance both practice and science.Ultimately,cities are ideal places for integrating basic science and decision making,facilitating flows of information through networks,and developing sustainable and resilient solutions and futures.

The Two Urban Planning Efforts of Shantou in the City Hall Era of the Republic of China

This paper discusses Shantou's two urban planning efforts in the City Hall era of the Republic of China, revealing how the two efforts help Shantou to become a modern city by analyzing the planning processes including data collection, planning analysis, functional zoning, road system design, and old city redevelopment. As pioneers of urban planning practice, the city executives and technical experts of Shantou set a goal to build the city into a "perfect region" and "Garden City," aiming to create a precedent for "civil city development." Based on institutional construction and the introduction of European and American urban planning theories and experience, the rebirth of Shantou City with business characteristics had been gradually achieved by modifying and improving its city plans.

Analysis of the Characteristics of City Scale Distribution and Evolutionary Trends in China

Based on the urban resident population statistics from 2005 to 2018, this paper analyzes the distribution and evolution of city scale in China by screening city samples according to the threshold criteria and using empirical research methods such as the City Primacy Index, the Rank-Scale Rule, the Gini coefficient of city scale, Kernel Density Estimation and Markov transfer matrix. The results show that: the most populous city in China has obvious advantages. The population distribution is concentrated in high order cities and in accordance with the law of order-scale;the economic scale of cities is in a concentrated state, the gap between the economic development levels of different types of cities is large, and the megacities are more attractive, which to a certain extent limit the development of the scale of the rest of the cities;the number of China’s city population is increasing, however, the gap between the population scale of other cities and the most populous city continues to be large, and the structure of city population scale is not reasonable enough;megacities and megalopolises keep their original scale levels unchanged to a large extent, and the scale transition between the two types of cities is rather difficult. Finally, based on the explanatory framework of the dynamics of city scale evolution, policy recommendations are proposed to promote a more balanced distribution of city scale.

A Preliminary Research on the City Planning of “Yin”,Capital of the Shang Dynasty

“Yin”was the capital of Shang Dynasty.On the basis of archaeological findings,theauthor explored the planning and layout,distributions of city functions,structural patternsand so on of this capital of the China’s slave society 3,000 years ago from the viewpoint ofcity planning.Through analysing the detailed layout of the imperial palaces,residentialareas,handicraft workshops and imperial tombs of the ancient capital city from the thensocial and economic background,the author believes that the city planning concept of theancient“Yin”township has far-reaching influence on the city planning of different dynas-ties in Chinese history.

Study on the City Form of the Yangtze River Delta Region

The Yangtze River Delta is a rapiddeveloping region in China. With fast economicgrowth, it is facing many environmental problems.This paper discusses the major problems and proposessome strategies for its future development.

SUCCESS OUTSIDE THE CITY

Coming as a much-needed boon for the countryside, this year’s No.1 Document, jointly released by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, pledges a series of concrete measures to propel improvements in the rural economy and the livelihood of farmers. Nevertheless, rural prosperity in line with the success of urban areas will prove to be a challenge. The foundation of the agriculture sector remains fluid, and farmers lack a stable source of income and a reliable social safety net. So how can China promote the sustained development of its agriculture sector and social improvements to the countryside? Experts and economists provide suggestions to achieving these goals.

The Practice of the Comprehensive Traffic Planning for the City of Chongqing

This article discribes the comprehensive traffic planning of Cho-ngqing, an extra-large industrial city in the southwest of China,which has a geographical importance and hilly terrain. The plan-ning stresses the needs to meet the city’s future socio-economic de-velopment strategy, the guarantee for the realization of urban devel-opment strategy and the solutions to the conspicuous traffic prob-lems.

Convention and Exhibition Economy Raises Up the City Dream

As a kind of new economic phenomenon and new economic growth point, the convention and exhibition economy has been listed by many cities among the industries under major development, and is tending towards international, professional, up-scale, and name-brand orientation. Though the convention and exhibition economy in Qingdao was developed later than in other cities, great progress has already been made in recent years. With a sharp increase in the sheer number of exhibitions and rapid development of la...

Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks

重点词汇1.cheerv.欢呼;喝彩cheer up(使)变得更高兴;振奋起来I wrote that song just to cheer myself up.我写那首歌是给我自己打气的。拓展cheer n.欢呼声;喝彩声2.volunteer v.义务做;自愿做n.志愿者volunteer to do sth自愿做某事Jack volunteered to carry water.杰克自愿去运水。I need one volunteer.我需要一名志愿者。3.notice n.通知;通告;注意v.注意到;

Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks

重点知识园地重点单词1.cheer v.欢呼;喝彩cheer up (使)变得更高兴;振奋起来I wrote that song just to cheer myself up.我写那首歌只是为了给自己打气。拓展cheern.欢呼声;喝彩声2.volunteerv.义务做;自愿做n.志愿者volunteer to do sth自愿做某事Jack volunteered to carry water.杰克自愿去运水。

In the City, Man Is Not Always the Hunter

IN the high stakes world of criminalinvestigation it takes more than merecourage, agility, intelligence andperseverance to excel. Sometimes a littleglamour and a healthy dose of women’sintuition can be the deciding factors. Tall, poised, athletic and fashionable, HuaiJiping may not fit the usual stereotype of atough city cop but behind her big, beautiful eyesand stylish exterior lies the chrome-plated heartof a dedicated justice provider.