Starting from connection of city and water,function and evolvement of urban waterfront area,the paper review the development of urban waterfront area design and summarize the past experience.

• 本论文从城市与水体的关系，城市滨水区功能及其演变的分析入手，回顾了城市滨水区规划设计发展的脉络，并总结了以往建设中的经验与教训。