Exploration of the Urban Waterfront Greenway System Based on the ´Interest Gravitation´

The thesis attempt to propose an ´Urban Waterfront Greenway System´ (UWGS), in order to create a healthy, abundant and efficient life circle in urban waterfront. It aims at how to make full use of the urban waterfront, which acts as the interest origin, to guide the healthy life style at first. States the concept of ´interest gravitation´, points out it is the power and emphasizing its importance in helping the waterfront to realize its aim. Then, the thesis brings forward a kind of space carrier UWGS, which can generate interest gravitation. It takes behavior habits of different people as breakthrough points, and analysis the daily activities type and demand of different people in different frequency. Furthermore, the features of UWGS can strengthen its effect of interest gravitation which can attract people along UWGS to the waterfront and the riverbank. Finally, it discusses interest gravitation facilities arrangement in UWGS.