GIS-Based Empirical Research on Changes of Wuhan’s Lakeside Pattern

There is often a close spatial relationship between urban development and water bodies.Functionally,the relationship can also be in many forms:from water supply for human and industrial use to purely aesthetic functions.These relationships are all,in their own way,critical elements of the sustainability of urban development,making the careful management for water bodies and riparian areas of fundamental importance.This study quantifies the historical changes of urban development pattern in lakesides of 27 lakes located in Wuhan’s main urban area.Image data from 1989-2009 is used to analyze the spatial changes in a GIS environment.The study shows how the land development,such as urban construction,transportation and agricultural development have affected the riparian areas of these water bodies.It discloses objective laws governing the historical changes of Wuhan’s lakeside pattern,and the correlations among the laws to provide strong technical support and theoretical reference for the future integrated development and protection of Wuhan’s lakes and to present decision-making support for urban construction and management.

Urban Development Boundary Simulation Based on“Double Evaluation”and FLUS Model

The delimitation of urban development boundaries plays an important role in optimizing the nation land space.“Double evaluation”is one of the important means to study and predict the scale of new construction land in the future and to determine the spatial distribution of urban construction land.This study combines the“double evaluation”with the FLUS(Future Land-Use Simulation)model to study the delimitation of the urban development boundary of Yichang.The results show that:(1)the“double evaluation”method comprehensively considers the carrying capacity of the resource environmental bear and the suitability of urban development;(2)the FLUS model can better couple the“double evaluation”method for Land Use/Land Cover(LULC)suitability evaluation,Land Use/land Cover Change(LUCC)simulation and urban development boundary delineation,and the overall accuracy of the simulation reaches 96%;(3)according to the requirements of relevant national policies,this study divides the urban development boundary of the study area into concentrated construction areas,elastic development areas and special purpose areas.This function-based division can meet the requirements of urban flexible development,ecological protection and urban safety.This research combines the FLUS model,which is widely used in the simulation of LUCC,with the double evaluation method used in China’s new round of land and space planning to obtain the result of the urban development boundary.This result is consistent with the existing plan of the study area.

Strategies of Culture-Led Urban Regeneration:A Case Study of West Bund in Shanghai

As China enters the stage of stock-based planning,new challenges emerge for traditional urban renewal mode.By sorting out the connotation of urban regeneration,this paper analyzes the regeneration mode driven by cultural industry with the case of Shanghai’s West Bund along the Huangpu River,and its inspirations for current urban regeneration planning.The enlightenments are as follows:changing the mindset of urban operation and development and reducing dependence on real estate;establishing effective interaction among urban public space,culture and art,and urban industries;and involving culture,sports,technology,and other industries with extensibility and compatibility to promote the upgrading of urban industry and interest balance of regeneration.