"In the class, there will be a series of lectures about the history of Chinese cities. Within the lectures, the basic historical documents and archaeological evidences are introduced. Some great capitals, such as Luoyang, Chang-an, Kaifeng, and Beijing, will be emphasized. There are a lot of related landscape pictures shown.
In comparison, some important foreign cities, such as Athens,Rome,Paris,Washington, will be introduced.
The goal of the class is to help student understanding the city within the social-cultural context. The discussed questions include the changes of the urban planning, the interpretation of urban cultural landscape, the spatiality of ancient capitals, and the modernization of Chinese cities."
Urban Planning
城市规划主要研究的是城市的发展、合理布局和安排各项工程的综合部署，是城市管理的重要一步，也是城市建设和管理的依据。城市规划专业是一个要求相对比较综合的学科，培养具备城市规划、城市设计等方面的知识，能在城市规划设计、城市规划管理、决策咨询、房地产开发等部门从事城市规划设计与管理，开展城乡道路交通规划、城乡生态规划、园林游憩系统规划，并能参与城乡社会与经济发展规划、区域规划、城乡开发、房地产筹划以及相关政策法规研究等方面工作的城乡规划学科高级工程技术人才。由于城市是一个很具社会特征的对象，除了工程类的知识外，还需要具备许多社会知识，甚至包括一些文学、美学知识。
