The shaping of the spiritual environment and sustainable development in the design of modern urban settlements

Author

Chu, Haifeng

Author_Institution

Coll. of Design, Guilin Univ. of Electron. Technol., Guilin, China

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

2132

Lastpage

2135

Abstract

In recent years, with the rapid urban development and expansion, a large number of residential quarters have emerged out. But the designs of these settlements are following the same pattern, with the disadvantages of lacking of resistance and environmental characteristics. This paper analyzes the relationship between the construction of settlements in the design and the context, stresses the importance of shaping the spiritual environment in the settlements and its possible solutions, and proposes the introduction of the concept of sustainable development in designing the settlements and the trend of modern settlements.

Keywords

construction; environmental factors; land use planning; sustainable development; environmental characteristics; modern urban settlements; residential quarters; settlements construction; spiritual environment; sustainable development; Buildings; Cities and towns; Context awareness; Cultural differences; Educational institutions; Humans; Stress; Sustainable development; Urban planning; Yarn; Settlements; context; exchange space; sustainable development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Industrial Design & Conceptual Design, 2009. CAID & CD 2009. IEEE 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wenzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5266-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5268-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIDCD.2009.5375012

Filename

5375012