Discussion on Urban Geology and Urban Planning

Abstract

The urbanization,along with the economic development,has been significantly speeding up in recent years.In order to achieve the harmonious development of the city,it is particularly important to make a scientific and sound urban planning.It is well known that China has made an outstanding achievement in urbanization and,correspondingly,got an intractable "urban diseases".Therefore,an in-depth research on urban geology is required to help solve the problems of urban planning.In this article,the new frontiers of urban geology and the urban-planning problems have been analyzed and summarized.Meanwhile,several measures to treat the "urban diseases" effectively based on urban geology are proposed in addition.