An Analysis of the Applicability of Conzenian School in China: Exemplified by Shangqiu

Abstract

[EN] Urban morphology has been studied extensively in western countries, while the related researches had been carried out late in China and the researches on urban morphology evolution characteristics of China are rare. Scanty case studies like Pingyao showed that the characteristics of urban form and its evolutionary process of China was different from the western. This paper review the existing researches and take Shangqiu as a case city to study urban morphology evolution characteristics of Chinese cities, preliminary analyze China s special social and economic characteristics as well as its urban morphology process from the double fringe belts, plot and block patterns of Shangqiu. Through the research on the evolution of Shangqiu s urban form, this paper aims to preliminary delimit the morphological period of Shangqiu, explore the evolution mechanism of Shangqiu, summarize evolutionary characteristics of Chinese cities and reflect urban morphological approaches in western academic system.