GROWTH PATTERN OF TAIZHOU CITY BASED ON ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: A NEGATIVE APPROACH PHYSICAL URBAN PLANNING
Using Taizhou City of Zhjiang Province as a case study, this paper systematically introduce the methodology of "negative planning" approach to physical urban planning. Ecological infrastructures (EI) were planned and designed at large, medium and small scales, which are then used to define the urban growth pattern. At the large scale, landscape security patterns were planned for flood and storm water management, bio-diversity conservation, cultural heritage protection and recreation; these security patterns were then integrated into the regional EI. At the medium scale, design and management guidelines were developed for the EI components, which are used to define the inner urban form. At the small scale, micro EI are deigned to deliver the ecological services from the regional EI into the urban fabric. Finally, it is demonstrated that the harmonious relationship between land and people can be achieved not just in terms of quantity, but more in terms of pattern and spatial relationship.