城乡规划专业英语

城乡规划专业英语 
作　者：赵纪军，陈晓彤 编 
出版时间：2013 
内容简介 
　　《城乡规划专业英语》分为阅读理解、信息与资源和词汇表三部分。“阅读理解”部分分为11个专题，依次为城市规划史、城市规划理论、城市总体规划、土地利用规划、交通规划、环境规划与可持续发展、城市设计、城市社会学、城市经济学、城市地理学和城市的未来。每个专题包括四篇文章，其中，前三篇文章正文附有中文导读，对主题句、段落大意等进行解说，便于学生快速了解文章的主旨；正文中出现的一些较难词汇，采用英文注释的形式进行解释，并附有音标，鼓励学生在英语语境下进行专业英语学习，从而更精确地阅读和理解城乡规划专业知识；课后的练习题包括选择题、英译汉等题型，涵盖了课文的主要知识点与难点，参考答案可以帮助学生进一步掌握课文内容。第四篇文章则是相关内容的拓展，以完型填空的形式呈现。“信息与资源”部分包括专业组织、专业刊物、专业网站、经典文献四个方面，使专业英语的学习能突破教材的选材，拓展学习的广度与深度。“词汇表”部分包括大量的专业英语词汇，附有音标，进一步帮助学生学习相关的专业英语表达方法，加强用英语进行专业学习、开展学术交流的能力。《城乡规划专业英语》适于普通高等院校城乡规划类、风景园林类、建筑类、环境艺术类及其他设计类院系使用，也可供规划师、景观设计师、建筑师及相关从业人员阅读参考。 
目录 
ContentsSection One　Reading Comprehension 
1. The History of Urban Planning 3 
1.1 Urban Planning before theIndustrial Revolution in Europe 4 
1.2 The History of UrbanPlanning in America 8 
1.3 Characteristics of ChineseImperial City Planning 13 
??? 1.4 New Towns after WorldWar II 202. Urban Planning Theory 22 
2.1 Rationalism of PlanningTheory 23 
2.2 Incrementalism of PlanningTheory 26 
2.3 Utopianism of PlanningTheory 29 
2.4 New Directions in PlanningTheory 323. Urban Comprehensive Plan 35 
3.1 In Accordance with aComprehensive Plan 36 
3.2 Features of the UrbanGeneral Plan 41 
3.3 The Comprehensive PlanningProcess 45 
3.4 The Failure ofComprehensive Planning 494. Land Use Planning 52 
4.1 The Land Use PlanningArena 53 
4.2 Designing the SpatialArrangements of Land Use 57 
4.3 Categories of Land UseConsidered in Plan Making 61 
4.4 The Key Systems AffectingLand Use 665. Transportation Planning 70 
5.1 Urban TransportationCharacteristics 71 
5.2 The Urban TransportationPlanning Process 76 
5.3 Urban Transportation Planning and TrafficManagement 
in Beijing 80 
5.4 Importance of PublicTransportation 84 
6. Environmental Planning and Sustainable Development 87 
6.1 What Is UrbanEcology? 88 
6.2 Criteria of a SustainableSpatial Planning 91 
6.3 Urban Regeneration andSocial Sustainability 96 
6.4 The Origin and Founding Purposes ofEnvironmental 
Impact Assessment 997. Urban Design 101 
7.1 The Elements of UrbanDesign 102 
7.2 The TownscapeMovement 107 
7.3 The Urban DesignProcess 113 
7.4 Urban Designer:Integrating Diverse Perspectives and Skills 1188. Urban Sociology 121 
8.1 An Urban Society 122 
8.2 OccupationalStratification in Cities 126 
8.3 Social Diversity and PlaceVitality 131 
8.4 Urban Space andSegregation 1359. Urban Economics 138 
9.1 What Is UrbanEconomics? 139 
9.2 The Emergence of UrbanEconomics in the United States 141 
9.3 The Five Axioms of UrbanEconomics 144 
9.4 Inter-Regional Trade andSustainability 14910. Urban Geography 151 
10.1 On Defining UrbanGeography 152 
10.2 The Location of UrbanSettlements 157 
10.3 The Urban Hierarchy 162 
10.4 Suburban Development andChange 16511. The Future of the City 167 
11.1 Dimensions of theEco-City 168 
11.2 The Rise of LandscapeUrbanism 173 
11.3 Community in the City ofBits 178 
11.4 The Global City: A NewGeography of Centers and Margins 182Keys 184Section Two　Information and Resources 
1 Professional Planning Organizations 215 
2 Professional Planning Journals 216 
3 Professional Planning Websites 218 
4 Classic Texts 219 
Section Three　Glossary 
Appendix 
1 Illustration Credits 276 
2 Bibliography 279