Nowadays the fast urban sprawl in China has generated huge pressures on preserving cultural heritages and historical city characteristics. This paper abstracts the urban pattern of "shan-shui-city" (Mountain-Water-City) from the traditional Chinese urban landscapes and urban layout, and illustrates it in detail from multiple dimensions of culture, function and aesthetics. To promote the adoption of "shan-shui-city" con-cept, this paper proposes the strategies of historical environment protection and development at three spatial levels: to establish the artistic struc-ture at regional level, to maintain and refine the scenery system at city level, and to create the spirit of place at site level.
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