Research On "Leisure City"

This thesis is to explore the city in the post-industry society from the perspective of "lesisure sciences".In the preface, the background and profile of this thesie is introduced to help readers grasp the skeleton quickly. Besides, some important concepts involved in this thesis are explained here.The Part I is about investigation and analysis. Through the inverstigation on the present status of "leisure city" practice, both the positive and negative effects of this kind of practice are summarized. Moreover, the lying reasons for the latter are analysized. Consequently, the author comes to the contusion that leisure sciences are necessary as the guidance for scientifical studying on "leisure cities" as well as "leisure cities" designing.The Part II is about theorectical studying. With the introduction of "leisure sciences", one of the on-the-edge fields in social sciences and based on studying the evolution of leisure in both China and western societiesthe historically and comparatively, three concepts concerning "leisure cities" are proposed, that is, "Democracy and Innovation" with respect to the activity subject, "Happiness and Restriction" with respect to the overall view of the world, "Emphasis on both Time and Space" with respect to the activity object. After verifying the complete and prerequisite relationship between these three concepts and "leisure cities" designing, the author further merges the concepts of "leisure cities" and "city desining" into the concept of "leisure cities" designing and finally brings up the designing mode for "leisure cities".Moreover, the positive meanings of "leisure cities" designing are summarized through comparing the mode of "leisure cities" designing and that of the present domestic "city designing".The Part III is about practical exploration. In this part, the main problems regarding to present "leisure cities" designing are revealed and possible corresponding solutions are proposed. According, the author shows his expectation and confidence for future development on "leisure cities" designing.The last part summarized all the thesis and key points for future study.