Urban Design

Urban Design :

Involved in urban design elements:

Urban Texture
City Symbols
City impression
Cityscape
City building
Urban Nodes
Public Space
Pedestrian System

Urban design is a complex process focusing on the relationship between the city's necessary physical arrangements and the psychological health of its inhabitants. Of course the physical space must encourage commerce, but integral to this is the creation of a physical environment, that can inspire (community spirit), by which benign development occurs.
Urban Design is alternatively defined according to many unique views of what a city in fact is. A widely accepted definition purports that "Urban design is a discipline primarily concerned with the layout of urban planning, urban landscape, urban functions, and is particularly concerned with urban public space." ?Urban design is more specific and data-oriented than the more abstract urban planning. However, since the mid-twentieth century practical differences have emerged between urban design, landscape design and architectural design.

        Well-known town planners and urban design theorists

　　Camillo Fawcett (Camilo Citte)

　　Christopher Alexander （ Christopher Alexander ）

　　 Kevin Lynch （ Kevin Lynch)

　　Jane Jacobs (Jane Jacobs)

　　Rem Koolhas (Rem Koolhas)

　　William H. Whyte (William H. Whyte)

　　Colin Rowe (Colin Rowe)

　    Fumihiko Maki(Fumihiko Maki)

　　China ：

　　Yu Kong Jian

　　Cao Wei

　　Wang Jian Guo

　　Lu Ji Wei

　　Han Dong Qing

　　Chang Qing

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