Jia Chengyi, director general of the Danzhou urban renewal bureau of Hainan Province, secretary of the leading Party members group and director general of the land and house expropriation bureau of Danzhou, at the invitation of the HNU-ASU Joint International Tourism College (HAITC), gave a lecture on urban morphology on November 7, 2020.

Yang Mei (L), teacher of the course of Principles of Urban and Rural planning, issues a letter of appointment to Jia to express the college's gratitude. [Photo/haitc.hainanu.edu.cn]

The lecture was part of a platform for students to receive professional information from experts.

Jia started his lecture with the importance of urban morphology and its planning and problems, and went on to specifically answer students' questions about urban morphology, making sure they understood what it means to study that major. 

Jia explained relevant macro-level knowledge pertaining to the overall urban layout, the micro-level urban block morphology and the vertical landscape perspective of urban height and skyline formation. 

He concluded that current planning and management on urban morphology are chaotic. There is a long way to go in the reshaping of planning ideas and methods for urban morphology.

The lecture was hosted by Yang Mei, teacher of Principles of Urban and Rural Planning. 

Jia Chengyi, director general of the Danzhou urban renewal bureau of Hainan Province, gives a lecture on urban morphology on November 7, 2020. [Photo/haitc.hainanu.edu.cn]

Students at the lecture [Photo/haitc.hainanu.edu.cn]