Overview
Includes more than 200 vivid figures illustrating the key points
Provides several case studies to explain the urban central structure
Explains the theoretical connotation, development models, hierarchical function, and spatial layout of the urban central structure
Share many useful and practical methods for urban central structure construction and layout
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About this book
This book presents the latest research results related to urban center and urban center. It expounds the theoretical connotation, development models, hierarchical function, and spatial layout of the urban central structure through over 200 figures and tables. In addition, it analyzes the threshold characteristics, structural hierarchy, spatial characteristics, and development rules of urban central structure through field research and quantitative researches on the major urban central structures in Asia. Meanwhile, how to solve the issue of construction and layout of urban central structure in planning and design practice is also covered. The book reveals the laws and spatial characteristics of urban central structure and provides a valuable guide both for urban designers and planners as well as researchers and students working in urban design and planning fields. It sheds new light on better understanding of the urban central structure.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Beixiang Shi is an associate researcher at the School of Architecture of Southeast University and a registered urban planner in China. He is mainly engaged in the research of urban central areas and urban spatial morphology. He has tracked and studied the spatial development and succession of Nanjing in China for more than 10 years, and he has participated in the research of major urban central areas in Asia. The research work has been funded by 1 National Natural Science Foundation of China and 5 other funding.
Junyan Yang is a professor and doctoral supervisor of Southeast University, and the deputy dean of the Smart City Research Institute of Southeast University. He serves as a member of the ISOCARP Scientific Committee and an ISBE director. He is also a member of the Academic Committee of Urban Planning Society of China. He has been mainly engaged in the research of smart cities and urban spatial morphology for a long time. He has organized research on the central areas of major Asian cities and has completed the construction of vector databases for more than 150 urban central areas in more than 50 cities. The research work has been funded by 5 National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 10 other funding.
Dr. Yi Zheng, Doctor, School of Architecture, Southeast University
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Centre of City: Urban Central Structure
Authors: Beixiang Shi, Junyan Yang, Yi Zheng
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6675-6
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6674-9Published: 09 February 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6677-0Published: 10 February 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6675-6Published: 08 February 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 609
Number of Illustrations: 113 b/w illustrations, 392 illustrations in colour
Topics: Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional/Spatial Science, Human Geography