This book explores the role of public spaces in Chinese people-oriented eco-city development, focusing on its contribution to creating sustainable and liveable urban environment. As green urbanization gradually progresses in China, the public space has become essential in enhancing quality of life, fostering community connections as well as facilitating people's interactions with nature. Through typical qualitative analysis, this book examines how public spaces promote community engagement and provide essential public services in the eco-city. Key themes include humanistic planning and social sustainability. This work will be of particular interest to scholars, policy makers, urban planners, offering valuable insights into both humanistic and ecological considerations in the eco-city development.

Chapter 1: Eco-City Development: Context, concepts and research design.- Chapter 2: Bridging knowledge and action: the humanistic planning foundation for Chinese eco-city development.- Chapter 3: Public spaces, people’s needs and behaviours to understand people-place relationship.- Chapter 4: Within-case analysis of the humanistic planning concept in Chinese eco-city development.- Chapter 5: The relationship between people and place from the perspective of people’s experience.- Chapter 6: The relationship between people and place from the perspective of planning and design process.- Chapter 7: Conclusion and Discussion.