Landscape transition of global metropolises : from spectacle cities to spectacular cities

Abstract

Under the globalization background, the article doubts the popular mode of the large city group, explains the negative influence resulted from the large-scale urban land overflows, emphasizes the restriction to the unbounded urban expansion and uncontrolled regional inflation, and puts forward the strategies to rebuild new metropolitan landscapes, such as the landscape diversification, region recombination and puzzle city, in order to realize the transition from spectacular cities and urban spectacle to spectacular and wonderful new cities.