Research on Sustainable Development of Residence in Northwest China under the Urbanization Process

Abstract:

The article is based on the circumstances of urbanization in process in Northwest China. The problems in the construction of village houses are analyzed and the rational strategy regarding the urbanization and its influence on constructing houses, so that the problems once harassed the developed area can be avoided. After through investigation and analysis, we propose that the local construction in the context of urbanization should conform to the following principles: First, house construction should go with the resource and technological condition. Second, the construction should accord with the climate and environment. Third, the reasonable principle uses the land. Last, Integration of architecture and green ecological technology. The synthesis of the four principles above is the apt choice of constructing residence in Northwest China, which is expected to lead the local village living environment onto a sustainable path.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 450-451)
• Pages: 1573-1576
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.450-451.1573
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Yi Bing Jin, Cai Qing Zhang
• Keywords: Construction Wisdom, Earth Dwellings, Green Building Technology, Urbanization

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