Landscape Design And Practical Research Of Urban Waterfronts

Water is the source of all kinds of things, it not only gave birth to life, but also to the civilization of mankind. Overview of ancient and modern, no matter the sea, lake or river, the waterfront always has been a natural and obvious interface that connection human settlements and the rest of the world. With the continuous development and progress of human civilization, the attitude toward waterfront landscape of modern people is never changed. Previously, people used to live near by water, and now they gathered at waterfront landscape for fun. Modern waterfront not only needs to meet the living requirements of the human, but also leisure, vacation, and variety of other functions. In the view of this, waterfront landscape is always the most durable attractive landscape in many types of landscape, and the eternal preferred place for human living and gathering.The content of this article was investigations and studies around the waterfront landscape. Firstly, Describes the basic concepts, characteristics and waterfront landscape development course. Secondly, Further to the basic concepts, the specific technique of design and construction of urban waterfront landscape at the present stage. Thirdly, take a specific example of a typical project, analysis the design method and some distinctive construction techniques, then find out innovative features and new design ideas of such cases. Finally, arrive at some conclusions, that can provide guidance for future waterfront landscape design and construction.This article give a detailed account of basic theories of urban waterfront landscape and design concepts, and make a specific instance to analysis some new stills of the modern waterfront landscape design and construction. This article can provides some references to third parties. Firstly, for the government leaders and policy makers, to utilize a wide range of experiences and lessons, can helps them to make the right decisions timely on waterfront development in the future. Secondly, for the city planners, this article summarizes lots of planning principles of the waterfront for them to learn. Finally, for the urban designers and architects, provide some references that can resolved the problems that may be encountered in the future.