Research Article

Investigating the urbanerural integrated town development strategy on the basis of the study of rural forms in Nantong, China

  • Cheng Ma , 1 ,
  • Ying Jiang 2 ,
  • Kang Qi 1
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  • 1. Research Institute of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
  • 2. School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Received date: 13 Feb 2020

Revised date: 31 May 2020

Accepted date: 14 Jun 2020

Published date: 15 Mar 2021

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2021 2021 Higher Education Press Limited Company. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Abstract

Urbanerural integrated development is the priority task of China due to the wide development gap between cities and villages caused by the most rapid economic growth in history. In the province-city-town-village administrative system of China, town, as the smallest urban form, is the social, economic, and cultural center of a rural area and becomes the key to many development problems. An improved township enhances living standards and creates numerous jobs in rural areas, and it will provide opportunities for urbanerural sustainable integration. This paper introduces three typical rural forms in Nantong and demonstrates the objective fact that rural form is an important manifestation of residents’ living habits, historical context, and the regional characteristics of rural areas. Then, this study aims to find the close inner relationship between rural form and town development through a comparative study of morphological indicators. Therefore, on the basis of full understanding of rural forms, this study proposes that town development from the perspective of serving the countryside, improving the quality of life of rural residents, and protecting the rural landscape texture with regional characteristics is the development mode conforming to the spirit of sustainable development.

Cite this article

Cheng Ma , Ying Jiang , Kang Qi . Investigating the urbanerural integrated town development strategy on the basis of the study of rural forms in Nantong, China[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2021 , 10(1) : 190 -201 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2020.06.001

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