A Study on Renovation and Development of Old Districts in Modern Cities

Abstract

Jinan has changed with each passing day due to accelerated urban construction steps, and the newly planned districts and newly constructed buildings show improvements of times on forms, colors and functions. However, old districts and old buildings composing them representing for urban contexts are ignored. Such old buildings have high historical research values; however, they often have ruined appearances and seriously missing internal functions due to reasons such as out-of-repair and capital failure. They have been disharmonious notes of city images and bottlenecks for regional economic development. The protective renovation and reuse of contiguous buildings and surrounding areas of old districts are researched in this article, to achieve both protection and economic development, so as to drive economy and humanistic revitalization of the region.