Study on Protection and Development of Vernacular Landscape of Small Towns during Urbanization

Under the background of current Chinese rapid urbanization,the vernacular landscape of small towns is faced with severe challenges. We clearly define the concept of the vernacular landscape of small towns,analyze its characteristics and constituent elements. Four practical dilemmas are deeply analyzed, which are the constructive destruction of the rapid urbanization, the convergence of planning and design and the loss of local characteristics,despising the value of the vernacular landscape of small towns,the distortion and rupture of the vernacular landscape. Finally the countermeasures for protection and development of the vernacular landscape of small towns come up,which is respectively correctly cognition of small towns and their vernacular landscape value, adding special contents about landscape protection of small towns in the planning and design,building up ideas about overall protection and organic update.