城市规划是城市建设和发展的依据,也是科学管理城市的主要手段。城市规划必须领先于城市建设,才能起到规范和指导的作用。但以往的城市规划主要着眼于中心城,实际上是中心城的总体规划。华东师大城市地理研究室在严重敏(Yan Zhongmin)教授带领下,经过调研论证提出了制定“大上海”规划的战略思想和建立开放地域系统及完善地价法则等新见解。上海作为一个特大国际城市应该有一个与此相适应的城镇体系。实际上,中心城和郊区在城镇化程 Urban planning is the basis for urban construction and development, and it is also the main means for scientific management of cities. Urban planning must take precedence over urban development in order to play the role of regulation and guidance. However, the previous urban planning mainly focused on the central city and was actually the overall plan of the central city. Under the leadership of Prof. Yan Zhongmin, East China Normal University’s Urban Geography Research Office proposed new ideas such as the formulation of the “Big Shanghai” strategic thinking, the establishment of an open geographic system, and the improvement of land price rules through investigation and argumentation. Shanghai, as a large international city, should have a town system that adapts to this. In fact, central cities and suburbs