International Experience of Urban Street Design Guidelines and Its Enlightenment
Street design guidelines are the important texts to guide the improvement of street space quality and street service upgrading,and it is of important significance to learn the international experience in street design guidelines in a timely manner for promoting street renewal and quality improvement in the context of urban renewal in China.Based on the analysis of street design guidelines in seven countries/cities including Auckland,Toronto,Kenya,Denver and Poland,this paper concludes a three-step framework for the development of street design guideline,i.e.,"Development Vision-Design Basis-Detailed Guidance".The design basis of street design guidelines is analyzed from the perspectives of street type and user characteristics,and the key points of street design strategy are summarized from four aspects of safety,humanities,practicality and ecology.At the end,in view of the characteristics and current situation of street use in China,the enlightenment of street design guidelines is proposed from the four aspects of people-orientation,situational guidance,time-space coordination,and green construction,which would provide references for the street design in China.
street designstreet in foreign countryexperience and enlightenment