This book studies human settlements in China in terms of Human
Settlements Trialism in 5 typical human settlement types: river valleys,
water networks, hills, plains, and arid areas. Focusing on 3 elements of
Trialism-(1) natural and constructed environments, resources, and visual
landscapes in human settlements background; (2) survival strategies,
customs, culture, and values in human settlements activity; and (3) the
layout of time and space as well as the planning and design of the
urban, the country, and the wilderness in human settlements
construction-the book analyzes the evolution of human settlements and
predicts future trends.
Presenting academic researchers and graduate students in various fields
with insights from landscape architecture, urban planning, architecture,
geography, forestry, art, and psychology, the study discusses the
principles of interactive physiological thinking and systematically
theoretical philosophy related to professional physiology, planning and
design principles, and traditional and modern methods and technologies
in urban and rural construction. The innovative multi-discipline study
promotes the planning and design of 5 types of human settlement, which
is helpful to the judgment of value, activity rule, and living style of
human settlements, and also discusses the development of human
settlements in the new millennium.
