The Features of New York’s Urban Planning and its References for Shanghai

The urban planning of United States has always been famous for its perfect system and keeping pace with the times.This article analyzes the features of urban planning and its effects on the urban construction and development exemplified by New York.The urban planning of New York possesses the characteristics of forward-looking,integrated,oriented and wide-ranging.Finally,it gives the references for Shanghai’s development,including shift from the functionalist planning model to improving the quality of life,from the urban industrial development planning to sustainable urban planning,from a single urban planning to urban-rural and metropolitan planning,from the sprawl expansion of suburbanization to compact urban planning,and implementation of planning from the government to public participation.