城市中心区无车规划研究——以常州市北部新城中心区为例-research on car free planning in urban central district —— taking the central district of new town in north changzhou as an example.docx

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT III III ABSTRACT The rapid urban development and the increasing car ownership brings many social and environmental problems, such as air pollution, traffic congestion, energy shortage, poor urban quality and urban security issues. The car-based planning and development model worsens these problems. People began to think about and explore new concepts of planning and development, to make the city develop in a more ecological, healthier, more livable and more sustainable way. Car-free development is one of the important areas that many countries explored and practiced sustaina