Study on Tianjin Public Housing Residential District Planning to Meet the Needs of Migration in Rapid Urbanization

Along the rapid urbanization, the housing problem of medium and low-income residents in cities has been one of social problems, which is drawing the attention of government in the world for a long time. In present China, both the national policy and market of housing system are in the process of perfecting, which pay more attention to the low-income residents and rural residents. This paper chooses Tianjin, the third pole of China development as the example for research. Tianjin public housing residential district planning explored a mode of ＂large-scale mix and small-scale pure＂ for the whole homeland development. It confirms that regional coordination, ecological concepts, green transport, space characteristics and appropriate technology is important in planning.

Several Issues in the Residential District Planning

Based on the view of“Saving Land and Having More Residents”,this paper willdiscuss five important issues in planning residential districts,i.e.scale,configuration and roadnetwork,commercial service center,apartment design and public green belt.

Spatial Layout of Mountainous Elderly Residential Districts

Taking the planning of elderly building for example, this paper explored the spatial layout, entrance/exit design, road space design and landscape design of the elderly residential districts against the background of population aging and increasing demands of ecological residence. In addition, the paper tried to fully use outstanding natural environment in mountainous areas to plan the elderly community, and integrate the characteristics of mountainous community planning and elderly buildings.

Proposals for Disaster Countermeasures Based on the Experiences and Lessons Gained through the Kumamoto Earthquake in ,Japan

This paper aimed to make proposals for disaster prevention and reduction measures based on the experiences and lessons gained through the Kumamoto earthquake. This paper firstly introduced disaster countermeasures of affected local governments within Kumamoto Prefecture. Next, by narrowing the focus on measures concerning the intangible side of things, this paper discussed three points including （1） issues concerning the assumption of disaster countermeasures; （2） issues concerning the BCP （Business Continuity Plan） of both government and private corporations, the DCP （District Continuity Plan） concerning local communities, the CCP （Community Continuity Plan） concerning local communities, and （3） issues conceming disaster countermeasures besides the two issues mentioned above. Based on the discussion results, it was pointed out that the disaster countermeasures assuming complex continuous disasters should be considered.

A Trend Based Approach to Planning——An Introduction to the Land Use Adjustment Plan in Nanmen District,Suzhou

In view of the irrationality in the present land uses in Nanmen district,the new trendbased approach to planning is adopted in the derivation of a land use adjustment plan forthis area.Examples are discussed here in order to analyse the value of land and its demandand supply relationship,and to illustrate the land market demand trend.The planning ob-ject and land use adjustment plan are then proposed.

Views on the Planning for Wangjing New District

1.Basic FeaturesThe Wangling new district lies inJiuxianqiao district in northeastern Beijing,with the Capital Airport and Jingshun Roadto the east, the Beixiao River to the north,the planned Fourth Ring Road to the south,and the Nanhuqu Road to the west(Plan 1).The planning area will occupy 860