Urban Space Reshaping Based on Regional Urban Design:A Case Study of Urban Design of Taiping Bay Wharf Area in Yantai City

In the process of rapid development of urbanization and constant adjustment of urban space,urban characteristics are faced with many challenges.Taking Taiping Bay wharf area of Yantai City as an example,the paper sorts out the spatial construction problems from the aspects of historical development,urban texture and cultural characteristics by exploring the research process and methods of regional urban design,and put forward optimization strategies from the perspectives of urban structure optimization,street image design,industrial building transformation and cultural space establishment based on the characteristic resources of the area,thus providing experiences for future regional urban design.

An Empirical Study of Urban and Rural Integration Construction Development of Western Region in China --Taking Changji City of Xinjiang Autonomous Region as an Example

The urban and rural integration is a new stage of city development, which is a process of urban and rural mutual supplementary integration, collaborative development and mutual prosperity. It takes the industry and agriculture, city and countryside as a whole, with overall planning and coordination development, through system innovation and policy adjustment, in order to realize the integration development of urban and rural planning construction, industrial development, infrastructure, ecological environment and social career. This paper conducts the empirical analysis on the urban and rural integration construction development of Changji City of Changji Region in Xinjiang, studying the existing problems and restrictive factors of the process in promoting urban and rural integration construction in western region of China and trying to propose the corresponding countermeasures.

Instruments of Urban Planning in Algerian City： Reality and Challenges

The year 1990 marks a line of rupture in the history of Algeria in general by the fundamental changes that have occurred, especially in the fields of urbanism and the land use planning, which has an important impact on space of the city and its environment. However, the absence of directives based on the reality of upstream territories and sometimes the conflict and the weakness of the instruments created at different levels： national, regional and local, have accelerated the galloping development of urbanization （the irrational consumption of land reserves inside and around the city）, often at the expense of the agricultural land. On the other hand, the involvement of new actors in the production of the framework built in the Algerian town was made without compliance with the rules of architecture and urbanism contained in the build permit and in the MPU （Master Plan of Land Use and Urbanism） and the SOP （Soil Occupation Plan） approved. The analyses conducted in the cities such as the capital Algiers and Setif illustrate this situation well. This article presents these situations of paradox, identifies their causes and suggests the recommendations to implement in the framework of studies and actions to take, to correct and regulate their mutations.

An Integrative Collaborative Project Approach to Climate-Change Resilience and Urban/Regional Sustainability for the Mexico-Lerma-Cutzamala Hydrological Region

In a rapidly urbanizing world, the social, economic, and ecological complexities of cities require conceptual and operational innovations to enhance climate resilience and sustainability. We describe our Integrative Collaborative Project (ICP) approach to co-create climate resilience in the Mexico-Lerma-Cutzamala Hydrological Region (MLCHR). In recent years, it has suffered from frequent natural disasters, and under climate change scenarios, the intensity and frequency of extreme events, including severe floods, droughts, heat waves and landslides are expected to increase. ICPs are framed as socio-technical capacity building enterprises, with networks operating at multiple scales. The approach differs from other integrative efforts, which tend to be top-down with scant civil society co-ownership, and focus on limited aspects like indicators/assessment, or institutional capacity building. We reimagine all operational stages, from creative thinking, through ethos and concept, assessment, planning, project design, implementation and management, and monitoring and evaluation. The design of ICPs is informed by six integrative domains: 1) project ethos, concept, and framing;2) sectors, topics, and issues;3) spatial and temporal scales;4) stakeholder interests, relationships and capacities;5) knowledge types, models and methods;and 6) socio-technical capacities and networks. Empirically, the approach is based on participatory development practices, pilot project work tackling sustainable water and sanitation in Mexico, and a synthesis of rich experiential knowledge spanning 20 years. The theoretical basis considers a pragmatic knowledge frame, socio-technical transitions literature, and education for social transformation. We describe forward-looking operational details of the Pilot ICP for the Mexico-Lerma-Cutzamala Hydrological Region, with our three-university partnership as catalyst, and a new breed of socio-technical enterprise organization as a key partner, engaging stakeholders at municipal and regional scales.

Materializing the “Urban Region” Concept by Integrating Ecological Networks and Central Place Theory

This paper attempts to integrate urban development and ecological conservation by applying and syncretizing the “urban region” concept from landscape ecology and the “city-region” concept from socioeconomics. First, various concepts pertaining to regions are discussed and then, the integration of ecological conservation and urban development on a regional scale is introduced. Subsequently, the Greater Pearl River Delta, in China, is used as a case study area and landscape ecology’s “urban region” concept is applied to produce a landscape spatial arrangement framework for an urban region. This framework is achieved through the following steps: conceiving the study area as a region that consists of two urban regions, arranging ecological conservation landscapes by establishing a regional ecological network within the urban-region rings;and formulating an urban development strategy using central place theory. The resulting landscape spatial arrangement solution includes natural protection areas that cover half of the study area, several key strategic urbanizing locations, and suggestions for the strict protection of certain agricultural land-use areas. We believe that this framework facilitates a feasible exploration of land-use planning on a regional scale, although more in-depth studies are required to refine this approach.

RAPID URBANIZATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION A ROADMAP TO 2015 AND BEYOND

UNESCO,the UN nodal agency for education,science,culture and architecture,has made sustainability a key topic in its development oriented activities,and has launched a new initiative to address the increasing concern of nonsustainable urbanization which currently occurs in the Asia and Pacific region.It is a region of rapid change,cultural alienation and environmental crisis,with a threatening divide between city and countryside.This paper informs about the interdisciplinary research activities conducted by the newly established UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific.The Chair’s roadmap for the next ten years to facilitate sustainable urban growth is explored and described in detail.

Cassini Growth of Population Between Two Metropolitan Cities——A Case Study of Beijing-Tianjin Region,China

The existing models of population distribution often focus on the region with a single city or even multiple centers, and lack the detailed explorations of the common and special type of urbanization areas with two centers. Taking Beijing-Tianjin region of China, which is a distinct dual-nuclei metropolitan area in the world, as an example and choosing Landsat-5 TM image in 2005, population, etc. as the data, this paper devotes to comprehending and illustrating a model of Cassini growth of population between the two metropolitan cities through the research of spatial population distribution pattern, aided with RS and GIS techniques. Main technical processes include Kriging interpolation of the population data and character simulation of the Cassini ovals. According to the calculation of a/b, a key characteristic index of Cassini growth model, the spatial structures of population distribution were given. When a/b〈 1, it is a curve with two separated loops with a population density more than 3000 persons/km^2. When a/b=1, it is a lemniscate curve with a population density about 3000 persons/km^2. When 1〈a/b〈 √2, it is a dog-bone shaped concave curve with a population density between 500-3000 persons/km^2. When a/b= √2, it is an oblate curve with a population density about 500 persons/km^2. When a/b〉 √2, there is an oval-shaped convex curve with a population density less than 500 persons/km^2. The results show that owing to the combined action and influence of the regional dual-nuclei, the population distribution of Beijing-Tianjin region is in accord with Cassini model significantly. Therefore, there is Cassini growth of population between the two metropolitan cities in Beijing-Tianjin region. In addition, the process of Cassini growth has extraordinarily instructive significance for judging the development stages of the dual-nuclei metropolitan areas.

Conceptualizing Discourses on Ecological City and Its Planning

Ecological city(eco-city) and its planning approach are emerging concepts in urban study,urban planning,ecological economics,environmental policy and corporate environmental management.However,opinions remain divided over the connotation and denotation of the term"ecological city",what key issues ecocity planning can solve,and its specific contents.In this study,we present 10 basic propositions that define the eco-city and clarify its key parameters,thereby providing the basis for discussing the assumptions and principles underlying different approaches to sustainable urban development.We then summarize the concept and principles of an eco-city,and define the main requirements for ecocity planning.We conclude that an eco-city is a city in which the urban population,scale of land use and intensity of human activities are limited to the regional resource and environmental carrying capacity,which does not cause increasing or irreversible damage to the regional ecosystem's structure,functions and processes.

交通出行提质推动城市转型升级——中国城市交通发展论坛第34次研讨会

城市交通发展重点由增量建设转入存量优化阶段,通过优化城市既有交通设施提升居民出行品质,是适应新时代城市交通需求、助力城市发展转型升级的必然要求。中国城市交通发展论坛于2023年12月11日在天津市举办了2023年第4次(总第34次)常规研讨会,主题为“交通出行提质推动城市转型升级”,聚焦高质量发展目标下城市交通面临的机遇与挑战、新趋势与战略思路、发展路径和关键举措。与会嘉宾围绕面向2035年中国城市交通发展战略、传统商业街区更新的经验与路径、建设国际消费中心城市、天津和广州高质量发展转型的实践案例等展开研讨,提出多项城市交通转型升级和城市高品质宜居发展策略。本次论坛由中国城市交通发展论坛组委会主办,天津市城市规划设计研究总院有限公司承办。

我国区域典型城市国际化水平的定量分析及对策思考

采用层次分析法,从经济开放、科技创新、国际影响和城市宜居四个层面构建准则层,选取18个指标评价14个区域典型城市的国际化水平,结果表明:(1)区域典型城市的国际化水平总体评分及经济开放指标评价呈现东部最优、西部次优,而中部最靠后;(2)科技创新上,东部科技创新实力强劲,中部城市的武汉处于第二位次城市组别,西部城市成都处于第一层次城市群里;(3)国际影响上,第一层次东部占据前三城市,中部4个城市均居于第三层次,西部城市成都处于第一层次里第四位次;(4)城市宜居上,东中西部典型城市分值差别不大。

城市商业银行异地扩张与企业创新

基于城市商业银行异地扩张为准自然实验,通过手工整理的城市商业银行异地扩张及银企地理距离数据,并匹配1998—2013年中国工业企业数据库,使用双重差分和包括敏感性分析在内的多重稳健性检验,验证了城市商业银行异地扩张是否能促进企业创新。研究发现,城市商业银行异地扩张能够显著促进企业创新产出,并产生扩散效应,促进位于城市边界的企业创新。机制研究发现,城市商业银行异地扩张能够为企业提供更多信贷渠道并降低融资成本,但是也可能破坏当地原有的银企关系,加剧银行对成熟企业、大型企业和国有企业的信贷偏好。进一步研究发现,城市商业银行异地扩张通过促进金融科技发展,进而促进企业创新。

基于城镇要素集聚能力视角的重庆市区域发展空间分异研究

为了揭示重庆市38个区县在2005—2019年间区域发展空间分异情况,本研究基于城镇要素集聚能力指数,结合崔王指数、障碍度评价法展开实证分析。结果表明:(1)区域发展水平整体呈螺旋式上升趋势,空间上呈现出明显的核心(主城区)—外围(非主城区)结构特征,但分异程度在不断下降。(2)非农产业产值、人均GDP、非农就业人数、年末金融机构贷款余额、公共财政预算收入、空间规模以上企业总产值等因子是导致重庆市38个区县城镇要素集聚能力空间分异的关键性因子,其作用机理与重庆市地形区位、要素流动可达性和贫困区县空间分布所形成的“发展势能”的空间分异密切相关。(3)为了实现要素自由流动和区域协调发展,提出进一步强化主城区的核心集聚能力和扩散带动作用、弱化地形对空间相互作用的影响、构建“一圈两翼、一主两副”空间结构、深化“走出去、引进来”对外开放战略、强化(科技、体制机制、人才等)创新和生态文明建设引领作用等的对策建议。研究表明源于城镇要素集聚能力的区域发展空间分异研究方法,可以形象地将要素移动呈现在“发展势能”和要素移动成本的变化曲线中,对于深挖区域发展空间分异的主要影响因素及其形成机理具有较强的解释力;重庆市可以从区域城镇要素低成本自由流动、核心对外围辐射带动作用层面构建区域协调发展实现路径。

江淮地区城市地质调查研究——以宿迁城市地质调查为例

近年来,城市地质已成为促进城市可持续发展的地质工作新领域。宿迁城市地质调查是具有江淮地区典型代表的地质调查工作,文章开展了地热资源、土地质量、地下水环境安全调查评价,构建了松散沉积物三维结构模型和地下水层地质特征三维结构模型,评价了地质构造稳定性和地下水防污性能等。同时,也总结出城市地质工作具有滞后性,需要根据城市发展有针对性提前部署,促进地质工作与城市建设有机融合,推进城市地质工作的开展,促进城市可持续发展以及人与自然的和谐发展。

城市空间数字化转型的规划框架与策略探讨

城市数字化转型是城市在信息智能时代背景下提升治理效能、居民生活质量及产业发展水平的重要途径。城市的数字化转型离不开空间的数字化转型,以推动实现共治共享、生态友好的城市空间数字化转型。文章旨在构建城市空间数字化转型的规划框架,涵盖现状分析、目标设定、基础设施建设、城市智能模型构建,以及针对生活空间、公共空间与产业空间的多类型空间数字化转型策略。通过案例解析与文献综述,文章系统探讨了各空间类型在全生命周期内的数字化转型策略,旨在促进城市的数字可持续发展并对转型过程中可能出现的风险因素进行剖析,为我国城市空间数字化转型的实践提供可探讨的规划框架与策略。

黄土高原河谷城镇“川—沟”融合单元发展路径研究

通过分析黄土高原河谷城镇独特的城乡关系与发展困境,认为川道与次沟空间结构一体化、功能结构差异化发展是振兴黄土高原丘陵沟壑区的重要突破口,由此提出“川—沟”融合单元的概念内涵与划定方法。以榆林市绥德县为例,打破镇域行政边界和小流域镇村体系,基于川道城镇和次沟乡镇的空间关联关系划定10个融合单元,并从用地形态结构、产业经济地理、服务设施配置等方面对融合单元的空间构型、功能类型和服务水平进行剖析,探讨川道与次沟协同视角下以融合单元为抓手推动黄土高原河谷城镇高效发展和管控治理的新路径。

北京市轨道交通线网规划探索与实践

作为超大城市的北京市进入新发展阶段,面临新发展要求,其轨道交通线网规划也需要进行适应性转变。为充分发挥轨道交通线网规划对于北京城市高质量发展的服务和引领作用,文章针对北京市轨道交通线网规划所面临的主要问题和新发展要求,在分析和总结轨道交通线网在规划对象、手段和范畴方面转型特征的基础上,从服务首都、城市协同、多网融合、精细服务、创新实施5方面探索北京市轨道交通线网规划新理念,并据此有针对性地提出相关实践建议,以期为进一步优化完善北京市轨道交通线网规划工作、推动轨道交通与城市的高质量融合发展提供参考和借鉴。

杭州城西科创大走廊线上商业节点与科创企业发展关联性研究

线上商业节点是互联网影响下新出现的城市功能。该文旨在通过研究线上商业节点与科创企业发展的关联性,探索如何布局线上商业节点与科创企业集群,有利于科技城可持续发展。研究选取杭州城西科创大走廊为研究样本,使用反映线上商业节点和科创企业发展的POI数据,运用空间自相关检测和偏最小二乘回归分析方法。结果表明,线上商业节点与科创企业存在显著的空间关联性。外卖业和零售业与科创企业的集聚程度、发展规模、创新能力、薪资待遇和综合发展水平均有显著的正相关关系。线上商业节点的规模和热度与科创企业发展的关联程度较大。本研究对未来科技城如何合理布局线上商业节点发展空间、如何配置线上商业要素提供参考。

数字技术与城市韧性耦合——基于我国285个城市的实证分析

城市承担着经济社会发展的重任,城市良性建设是我国经济高质量发展的必要条件。随着新兴数字技术不断加深应用于城市规划建设和管理治理,以数字技术为引擎提升城市韧性水平是实现城市高质量发展的重要途径。基于此,梳理数字技术与城市韧性之间的耦合协调过程,构建城市韧性水平和数字技术发展水平指标,采用耦合协调度模型、Dagum基尼系数以及障碍度模型对我国285个地级市及以上城市2012—2021年的数字技术和城市韧性耦合协调发展水平进行综合测度,并探讨耦合协调度的时序演进、空间差异以及影响因素。研究发现:第一,我国数字技术和城市韧性整体发展水平均呈稳步上升趋势,同时,二者的耦合协调度也在不断上升。第二,我国数字技术与城市韧性耦合空间差异呈现先下降后回升的趋势,其中,华中、华北地区数字技术与城市韧性的耦合协调发展更为均衡,而华南地区的失调水平最高。第三,数字基础设施和社会韧性是影响数字技术系统和城市韧性系统耦合协调水平的关键因素。为进一步提升数字技术与城市韧性系统之间的相互作用效果,要积极搭建数据共享、标准统一和融合互通的数据平台;推动资源和人才的跨区域流动,促进与周边城市、都市圈、城市群的协同发展;注重数字基础设施建设和社会保障与福利提升,推动医疗卫生、养老服务、扶残助残等公共服务设施统筹布局等。

都市圈发展与新城建设中的城市交通机遇与挑战——中国城市交通发展论坛第36次研讨会

打造更高质量、更具竞争力的大都市圈,是国内外城市区域化发展的共同战略。新城的建设和发展成为都市圈治理的产物,是完善城镇化发展战略的重要决策,是落实城市总体规划、提升城市功能、优化发展布局的必然要求。中国城市交通发展论坛于2024年5月23日在上海市举办了2024年第2次(总第36次)常规研讨会,主题为“都市圈发展与新城建设中的城市交通机遇与挑战”。与会嘉宾围绕如何满足都市圈通勤交通功能、控制城市交通极端通勤、都市圈一体化发展中高快速路与市域(郊)铁路的功能定位与协同、节点型新城综合交通体系构建的难点与特殊性、新城发展如何应对都市圈交通与本地交通的空间及功能叠合等议题展开研讨。本次论坛由中国城市交通发展论坛组委会主办,同济大学城市交通研究院、上海市城市规划设计研究院、上海市城乡建设和交通发展研究院、上海市城市建设设计研究总院(集团)有限公司联合承办。

智慧城市建设对经济高质量发展的影响研究——基于城市韧性视角的分析

智慧城市建设被众多地方政府定位成完成产业结构升级、引领区域经济高质量发展的引擎。文章选取2004—2021年我国237个地级市的数据样本,通过使用准自然实验方法对智慧城市建设与城市经济高质量发展的关系进行了深入研究。结果表明:智慧城市建设主要是通过提升城市韧性水平来实现城市经济高质量发展溢出效应,其溢出效应在我国东部和中部地区相对显著,且人口规模较大城市的溢出效应显著程度更高。因此,合理扩大智慧城市试点范围,并根据不同地区特点,制定适宜的城市智慧网络体系规划,对于增强城市韧性、预防系统性风险,进而促进城市经济高质量发展等都具有重要意义。