Book Review
William Holly Whyte was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1917. He joined the staff of Fortune magazine in 1946 and assisted the New York City Planning Commission in drafting a comprehensive plan for the city in 1969. He is considered to be the mentor for the Project for Public Spaces.
中国城市规划(English)
In Chinese current "City Planning Approach", the whole urban planning can generally be divided into two phases: the Masterplan and Detail plan. And according to different situations, in the Masterplan phases it can produce the general planning framework to identify the main objective, content and design principles, as the basis for the masterplan level. For the large cities, they might have district plan between the masterplan and detailed plan, based on different needs, objectives and other requirements. For the Detail plan it can be divided into regulatory plan and site plan these two types of detailed plan.