Urban Form Developing Strategy Research of Medium and Small Towns in Western Sichuan Plain

Abstract:

Under a new economic and social background, urban form evolution showed new characteristics. Summarizing the new impact factors and mechanism of urban form development would be a beneficial supplement and perfecting of current urban planning theories. Urban form research on the towns in Western Sichuan Plain has its own local characteristics and practical significance. This essay began with the type research for the urban form of medium and small towns in Western Sichuan Plain, concluded the characteristics of urban form, looked into the evolution law from the changes of interior structure and exterior outline and then forwarded the developing strategies of those towns in Western Sichuan Plain.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 663)
• Pages: 190-193
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.663.190
• Online since: February 2013
• Authors: Xiao Han, Chun Yan Yang, Yi Min Peng
• Keywords: Medium Towns, Small Town, Urban Spatial Form, West Sichuan Plain

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