Now people are a "fashionable topic of" Urban Planning and Design is the right to criticize. I think this is a good thing. Closely related to things, are supposed to allow them to enjoy to go to express their views. If a general sense of urban planning and design people were very dissatisfied, you should seriously consider one of the problems.

Why is there so many urban planning and design problems? Recently, the China Urban Planning Society of chairman of academicians weeks Ganzhi two points directly to the crux of the problem, first, excessive administrative interference in the second developer is secretly manipulated. For example, some local mayors, secretaries finalized, so that planners, designers become draftsmen; there are some local markets are often guided by the development of planning and design, some developers even set up their own planning and design agency. (September 13, "the Oriental Morning Post")

Academicians Zhou Ganzhi these views, you're not fresh. After all, the administrative interference with the interests of the bundle, the two major killers of urban planning, it is now well-known thing. However, these topics to get on the stage that is still valuable. Urban planning is good or bad, and sometimes even mean that a city's "rebirth and death." Make the public understand who is in the manipulation of urban planning in the end, at least when in a problem, so that the public accountability were able to find the right direction.

Urban Planning and Design not only relates to people's real interests, but also with the relevant experience of the human mind. Urban space is a public resource, urban planning is the allocation of such resources. Whether real estate or the general public, will be concerned about the flow of this distribution as closely tied with their own interests. In a city life for a long time, but also easy to think that state of mind with the rhythm of urban change. Can be said that the city is filled with health, vitality, is not full of the spirit of freedom, directly related to the public happiness.

All this determines the urban planning and design should be to meet the public interest as the supreme criterion and Pervasive emotion. In other words, urban planning and design, is not in line with the will to do, to become a performance engineering tool; can not be tied to certain vested interests, such as into a number of developer tools for raising house prices;, of course, urban planning is more can not become a tool for a small number of designers entertain themselves, blindly believe that the design of some so-called masters, and sometimes other people are likely to fall into the trap so that the public humiliation and damage to emotional experiences.

Previously seen a report that is San Francisco and Shanghai, between the two sister cities envy thing. San Francisco mayor hopes to be mayor of Shanghai, said the road will be able to build a build a road, like when completed will be completed when; while the people of Shanghai said that he is willing to San Francisco when the community, so that their houses would not say demolition of the dismantled. From not difficult to see that in urban planning issues, is how much we need a public platform for decision-makers, designers and the public are able to fully participate in the discussion, to avoid the executive power and interest groups to manipulate the city's planning and design ah.

Now the city is sometimes some nondescript building monster. The latest is my hometown, Jiangsu Huai signs that China North-South divide. Two days before the news that the establishment of China's north-south geographical boundaries mark park project had only just received the approval of the State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping. In fact, that "North-South divide sign" as early as late last year they play up. This "after the first ticket on the train" approach, but also blending showing the executive power is in urban planning and design how rampant and unhindered. In the final analysis, that is very funny, "North-South divide ball", but that some feelings of power regardless of public opinion, the next out of an "achievement projects" strange odor eggs Bale.

Manipulation of executive power, or developers, urban planning, a certain sense, is to manipulate people's livelihood. A real life city, can not rely on the executive power and a vested interest in pushing hands to continuously fight hormones, to create the speed and scale of urban development. In that case, only the urban deviate from the public interest, not in the public aesthetic taste. As the city is not really mature, but ahead of aging. For people living in the city as the people, naturally, is a misfortune.