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

Virtual Reality As a New Tool in the City Planning Process

The introduction of virtual reality (VR)-models in the city planning process will cause changes in the traditional roles of the involved parties. In order to better understand some of these changes, the events involving the use of VR-models in an architectural competition concerning rebuilding-proposals for the city library in a Swedish city were analyzed. The study shows that VR was introduced into the competition as an extra add-on and that the VR-presentation was experienced as useful by the jury. The transformation of the architects’ contributions into VR was experienced as problematic by the architects, partly because they lost full control over the presentation. In the future architects are likely to have to produce the VR-models for their proposals themselves. This may make it more difficult for smaller architectural firms to enter the market but their proposals will be more accessible to a wider group of stakeholders.

Planning and design of a green city in Kaixian for population relocation of Three Gorges Project

We describe the green space system planning and design of a new Kaixian City for migrants in the Three Gorges Reservoir area of P.R.China.The goal of the project was to provide a high quality settlement for migrants relocated from the old Kaixian City that had a history of over one thousand years and from other places with different traditional cultures.Our efforts focused on conceiving affordable strategies to increase green areas,improve waterfront landscapes,deal with water level fluctuation,integrate diverse folk cultures,and encourage bicycling as an environmentally-friendly form of urban transportation.The new city is anticipated to benefit from the green space systems with an improved eco-environment,enriched tourism resources,cheap landscaping costs,relief from traffic pressure,and in other ways.The planning philosophies employed could be useful in the engineering and construction of other cities in the Three Gorges Reservoir area.

“EII META-MODEL” ON INTEGRATION FRAMEWORK FOR VIABLE ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS——CITY PLANNING METAPHOR BASED ON STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY

Enterprise systems must have the structure to adapt the change of business environment. When rebuilding enterprise system to meet the extended operational boundaries, the concept of IT city planning is applicable and effective. The aim of this paper is to describe the architectural approach from the integrated information infrastructure (In3) standpoint and to propose for applying the 'City Planning' concept for rebuilding 'inter-application spaghetti' enterprise systems. This is mainly because the portion of infrastructure has increased with the change of information systems from centralized systems to distributed and open systems. As enterprise systems have involved heterogeneity or architectural black box in them, it may be required the integration framework (meta-architecture) as a discipline based on heterogeneity that can provide comprehensive view of the enterprise systems. This paper proposes 'EII Meta-model' as the integration framework that can optimize the overall enterprise systems from the IT city planning point of view. EII Meta-model consists of 'Integrated Information Infrastructure Map (In3-Map)', 'Service Framework' and 'IT Scenario'. It would be applicable and effective for the viable enterprise, because it has the mechanism to adapt the change. Finally, we illustrate a case of information system in an online securities company and demonstrate applicability and effectiveness of EII Meta-model to meet their business goals.

The 3^(rd) Work Meeting of the 2^(nd) Editorial Board Committee of China City Planning Review Convened

On Oct.25,2015,the 3rd Work Meeting of the 2nd Editorial Board Committee of China City Planning Review(abbreviated as CCPR hereafter)was convened at the School of Architecture,Tsinghua University in Beijing.The Editorial Board members participated in the meeting.At the meeting,the Editorial Department of CCPR presented a Work Report of the 2nd Editorial Board Committee(2013–2015)and a Work Report of the Editorial Department,followed by open discussions.

The New Normal: Inheritance and Innovation——Annual Conference of China City Planning 2015 Successfully Held in Guiyang

The Annual Conference of China City Planning 2015(abbreviated as the Conference hereafter)was held from Sept.19–21 in Guiyang,capital of Guizhou Province.The Conference was jointly sponsored by the Urban Planning Society of China(abbreviated as UPSC hereafter)and the Guiyang Municipal Government,co-organized by the Department of Housing and

CHINA CITY PLANNING REVIEW--ENGLISH EDITION, QUARTERLY

The English edition of China CityPlanning Review which has had widereadership in China is jointly published bythe China Urban Planning Society andChina Academy of Urban Planning and De-

CHINA CITY PLANNING REVIEW——ENGLISH EDITION,QUARTERLY

The English edition of China CityPlanning Review which has had widereadership in China,is jointly published bythe China Urban Planning Society andChina Academy of Urban Planning and De-sign.The decision to publish the Englishedition is made in response to the worldwideinterests in China’s quests in the fields ofurban and rural planning.As a high qualityand referred journal it can be seen as a mainstream information on socio-economic

CHINA CITY PLANNING REVIEW——ENGLISH EDITION,QUARTERLY

The English edition of China CityPlanning Review which has had widereadership in China is jointly published bythe China Urban Planning Society andChina Academy of Urban Planning and De-sign.The decision to publish the Englishedition is made in response to the worldwideinterests in China’s quests in the fields ofurban and rural planning.As a high

Introduction to China City Planning Review

China City Planning Review(CCPR)was firstly published in 1985 right after China initiated its policies of reform and opening up.Its worldwide publication was resumed by the Urban Planning Society of China in 2006 after a suspension of several years.Up to now,CCPR is the only English periodical in the area of urban planning in China.It is published by the Urban Planning Society of China,under the administration of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-

《China City Planning Review》2013(Vol.22) Catalog

Debates & IdeasNo.106 Power,Society,and Living Space:Evolution and Formation Mechanism of Urban Streets in China/Jiayan LIU,Xiangyu DENG15 Spatial Logic and Risks in China’s Rapid Urbanization under Global Complexity/Dongfeng YANGNo.206 Formation Mechanism of the Cluster Space of Wuhan Metropolitan Area amid Evolution of Power Relationship/Yan FENG,Jianwei YE,Yaping HUANG15 Study on Gregarious Low-Income College Graduates in Beijing:Tangjialing Phenomenon and Its Aftereffect/Chaolin GU,Mingjie SHENG,Lingqian

Introduction to China City Planning Review

China City Planning Review(CCPR)was firstly published in 1985 right after China initiated its policies of reform and opening up.Its worldwide publication was resumed by the Urban Planning Society of China in 2006 after a suspension of several years.Up to now,CCPR is the only English periodical in the area of urban planning in China.It is published by the Urban Planning Society of China,under the administration of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-

Introduction to China City Planning Review

China City Planning Review(CCPR)was firstly published in 1985 right after China initiated its policies of reform and opening up.Its worldwide publication was resumed by the Urban Planning Society of China in 2006 after a suspension of several years.Up to now,CCPR is the only English periodical in the area of urban planning in China.It

Introduction to China City Planning Review

China City Planning Review (CCPR) was firstly published in 1985 right after China initiated its policies of reform and opening up. Its worldwide publication was resumed by the Urban Planning Society of China in 2006 after a suspension of several years. Up to now, CCPR is the only English periodical in the area of urban planning in China. It is published by the Urban Planning Society of China, under the administration of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and executively edited by Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning&Design Institute Co. Ltd. in collaboration with the Center for Human Settlements and the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University.

CHINA CITY PLANNING REVIEW——ENGLISH EDITION,QUAR TERLY

The English edition of China City Planning Review which has had wide readership inChina is Jointly published by the China Urban Planning Society and China Academy ofUrban Planning and Design.The decision to publish the English edition is made in re-sponse to the worldwide interests in China’s quests in the fields of urban and rural plan-ning.As a high quality and referred Journal it can be seen as a main stream information onsocio-economic and physical developments in contemporary China with a historicaI per-spective linking the past,present and future to enable the readership outside China to bet-ter understand the many,complex factors which are shaping cities in China today Tothose professionally involved especially in the Third World,will find emphasis on the