本项目选取近代特殊类型的地方城市沈阳作为研究对象，主要着眼于研究城市行政意志与城市规划的关系，将规划史与行政史结合起来，厘清沈阳本土近代城市规划及建设发展的历史过程，阐释近代城市规划形成的一般性和特殊性，为解决当今城市现状问题提供历史咨询和借鉴。具体的个案研究将围绕不同城市行政主体在规划方面的动力、具体途径和表现形式以及规划内容和演变等史实，从个案内容及实施、行政主体人物的思想来源及其发展两个角度进行深入的剖析。在历史变迁和个案研究基础上，进一步归纳总结沈阳近代城市规划的发展特征和规律及影响，从而做出对历史和现实意义的客观评价。

This research project selects Shenyang city, a special type and regional city in the early-modern China, as the research target, with special focuses on the relationship between the administration will and city planning, which combines the planning history with the administrative history. The objectives of this research project is to clarify the city planning, construction, and development process of Shenyang in early-modern history, and explain the general and special characteristics of the early-modern city planning in China, which can provide historical consultancy and reference for addressing the existing problems in modern cities. The study of concrete cases will focus on the administrative bodies of the city at different periods in the following aspects: the power of change, specific approaches, and representation forms for city planning, as well as the historical facts on the planning, and evolution of the city. This project plans to explore the development characteristics, regularity, and impact of Shenyang city planning in the early-modern China based on historical changes and case studies, deeply analyzed through the content and implementation of individual cases and the sources and development of the thoughts of the main characters in the administrative bodies, which intends to provide an objective evaluation of the historical and practical significance of Shenyang city planning in the early-modern China.