A Morphological Study on Urban Planning Mechanism of Blocks and Plots in Modern Historic District: the Case of Former French Concession, Tianjin
Yang Xu
Zheng Ying
Abstract：Blocks and plots are important elements of microcosmic urban fabric, and the analysis of their morphology can reveal the mechanism of urban planning. Taking the former French concession in Tianjin as the research object and using urban morphologic theories, this paper explores the planning characteristics and mechanism of Tianjin in a microscopic scale by analyzing the numbering and subdivision of the blocks and plots in this area. Firstly, this paper discusses the numbering of the blocks and plots, pointing out that the old town of Tianjin, the Haihe River and Dagu North Road are the major factors influencing the planning of the former French Concession. Secondly, by studying the plots and analyzing the subdivision of the plots, this paper summarizes the open characteristics of the former French concession towards the former Japanese and British concessions. Based on urban morphology and urban historic landscape theories, this paper contributes to supplementing studies on Tianjin's modern urban planning and provides the basis for future overall protection of cities and the formulation of regeneration strategies.
Keywords：urban morphologyblockplotFrench concessionland subdivisionTianjin
Publication Date：2018-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 4-8 )