A Preliminary Study on Application of Countryside Landscape in Landscape Design of Small Contemporary Towns of China

摘要

Small towns under influence of multiple factors become a new type of human settlement. As new urbanization picks up speed in China, the prime time comes for rapider development of small towns. Countryside landscape is a kind of humanized natural beauty, which brings into environment natural idyllic scenery and simple regional culture. The paper attempts to introduce countryside landscape into landscape design of small towns, with a view to finding principles and methods to apply countryside landscape into landscape design of small contemporary towns of China. This includes integration of styles and features of countryside landscape on a macro-level, and application of countryside landscape into landscape design of small contemporary towns on a micro-level.