HU Yang, CHEN Zihao, WANG De, YAN Longxu, JIAO Jian

Keywords： Urban Time Policy; Urban Time Planning; Chrono Urban Planning; Spatio-Temporal Behavior Planning; Development Context; Action Framework; Practice Review

Abstract：

The profound changes in the lifestyle of residents caused by the transformation of post-industrial society in Europe have made time an important public policy issue. In the past 40 years, urban time policies in Europe have continuously innovated and explored new ways to deal with urban problems. Based on the practical research and policy documents of urban time policies in Western Europe, this paper elaborates on the structure of “development context-action framework-theoretical understanding-practical review-experience enlightenment”. Firstly, it reviews the key events of urban time policies in four stages: exploration, promotion, trough and revival, and sorts out the reasons and driving forces that affect the development of urban time policies; Secondly, it compares the similarities and differences of urban time policies in different countries in Western Europe, and focuses on introducing the operation process, organizational structure and decisionmaking form of Italian urban time policies; Thirdly, it introduces the theoretical method of rhythm analysis and clarifies the diagnostic basis of time issues; Fourthly, it summarizes the action topics and strategic measures of urban time policies and evaluates the implementation effects with specific cases; Finally, it summarizes the positive impact and shortcomings of urban time policies on urban development and residents’ life, explores the enlightenment of urban time policies on the transformation of planning disciplines, and the possibility of integrating them into the construction of national territorial spatial planning system.

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