Author(s)

Hanwen Hu

Urbanism, Architecture Urbanism and Building Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.

Residential areas are an important part of the city. The form of the settlement reflects the overall city fabric and the feelings of the living space of the residents. The contemporary European settlements show the characteristics of multiple changes under different residential theories. This paper first summarizes the development of housing theory under different urbanizations, and then analyzes the settlement forms and space with Hilversum as an example, focused on what is important for residential areas in different contexts. Finally, starting from the current situation of Hilversum, combined with the current urbanization development it discusses the trend of its residential form.

Urbanization, Residential Form, Diversity

Hu, H. (2019) Different Residential Forms under the Evolution of Urbanization. Current Urban Studies, 7, 587-597. doi: 10.4236/cus.2019.74031.