Abstract:

In the recent years,along with the fast growth of China's 〖JP2〗economic development,the transformation〖JP〗 of the society and the economics,as well as people's increasing awareness of the environment protection,the development of urban waterfront area has become hot in city development in our country.The study on landscape planning and design of urban waterfront area is of great significance in making full use of the landscape resources,molding a new city image,increasing urban ecosystem quality,and in promoting the development of urban waterfront area.In terms of the compound ecosystem theory,the landscape resources of Changsha Xiangjiang River has been evaluated and graded based on surveys and classification,using the methods of grey clustering.The thesis attempts to optimize the landscape resources and to explore new ways to design the Changsha Xiangjiang River landscape.The authors think that urban waterfront area landscape design under the background of large scale renewal and development of waterfront area in modern city,should respect local characteristics,culture content and folk customs,and should connect it with traditional activities of waterfront area systematically so as to protect and strengthen historical structures and special unique features of the city.

Key words: complex ecosystem theory/urban waterfront area/evaluation on landscape resources/Xiangjiang River/Changsha