Urban Waterfront Landscape Planning and Design——A Case Study of Waterfront along Weihe River in Xianyang

To prornote the public awareness of the current situations and problems existed in waterfront development and to recognize the significance of urban waterfront landscape planning.Combined with the general conditions of Weihe river waterfront landscape construction in Xianyang,problems existed were analyzed and the solutions in the waterfront landscape planning were introduced.Methods and countermeasures in urban waterfront landscape planning were put forward from the aspects of sustainable development of ecology,design of the space close to water,continuance of historical culture,openness of waterfront space,plant disposition.The landscape planning of urban waterfront should follow the principle of ecological priority,the combination of rivers,landscape and humanity,to creat urban waterfront areas with elegant environment and local characteristics.