Decrease in Quantity and Improvement of Quality

In line with the new requirements of Ecological Civilization and New Urbanization, some Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, started to shift the quantitative increase-based urban growth to quality improvement-oriented urban development through city master planning. The resource and environment carrying capability is taken as a rigid constraint to determine the upper limit of the population, and strategics are put forward for reducing the amount of urban-rural construction land and improving the efficiency of land use and the quality of the built environment. A comprehensive control framework. as well as related restrictive indicators, are also established for the long-tern urban development.