Urban Design Study On Commercial Environment Renewal Of Old City

As one of main influencing factors in the development of a city, the commercial environment in the old city reflects the developing levels of a city's society, economy and culture. It is not only the consumptive center of a city, but also the important public space and the citizen's associating site. The renewal of the commercial environment in the old city has already become the main content of the contemporary redevelopment in Chinese old city. Due of lacking the control and guide of urban design and the adopting constructive mode, the past renewal practices have caused the unsustainable development of the city economy society and environment and some serious problems . To solve these problems effectively, it is imperative to study the suitable renewal methods.In view of this, the dissertation selects the renewal of commercial environment in Chinese old city as the study's object and takes urban design as the study's perspective and method. Firstly, the dissertation not only analyses the existing problems which held up the development of the commercial environment in Chinese old city; but also uses the successful experience for reference that upgrades the commercial environment in the foreign old city. Then the dissertation puts forward the viewpoint that the present renewal of commercial environment in Chinese old city should strengthen the study of urban design. Finally, the dissertation discusses the urban design's goals . principles and methods of the renewal of commercial environment in Chinese old city.The dissertation is composed of six chapters:Chapter 1 introduces the background basic theories object and range purposes and frame about the dissertation's study.Chapter 2 retrospects the developing course of the commercial environment in Chinese old city firstly; and then analyses the existing problems ; further more analyses the causes which promotes the renewal of the commercial environment; at last evaluates some representative urban design cases, sums up some useful experiences and deficiencies.Chapter 3 briefly retrospects the developing course of the commercial environment in the foreign old city; then analyses characteristics of the foreign commercial environment renewal from three aspects; finally sums up useful experiences.Chapter 4 mainly dissertates the necessary of urban design study of the commercialenvironment in Chinese old city; and then puts forward the urban design's goals and principles of the commercial environment renewal in Chinese old city.Chapter 5 is the emphasis of the dissertation. Based on fore contents, it sums up the urban design's methods of the commercial environment renewal in Chinese old city .The methods is composed of three lay: one is the ideaistic methods, the other is the methods about space and environment's design; another is the methods of policy and management.Chapter 6 analyses the urban design's practice of JieFangBei central district in ChongQing city. It is the application of the theories and methods mentioned in anterior chapters.