Study on Evolvement of Residential Structure in the City of China[J]. Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004, 26(6): 1-5. DOI: 10.11835/j.issn.1674-4764.2004.06.001.
City residential structure is the main aspect of city spatial structure and in western countries it has been experienced three phases: centripetal collection
centrifugal pervasion and organic collection.From the viewpoint of historical development
the evolvement of residential structure in China can be summarized in three phases: archaic city
neoteric city and modern city.The character of city residential structure is different at different times.However
the residential sub-urbanization and the residential redistribution are the two central forms of the evolvement of residential structure in the modern city.