Enlightened rationality—A way of thinking based on the belief that all real knowledge is arrived at through using logic and that human behaviour should be based on this form of abstract reasoning. It is derived from the principles of the scientific method often attributed to the ‘Enlightenment’...
建设部发布的1991年10月1日起施行的《城市规划编制办法》中第八条对城市设计方法的运用进行了明确的规定：“在编制城市规划的各个阶段，都应当运用城市设计的方法，综合考虑（）、（）和居民生产、生活的需要，对城市空间环境做出统一规划，提高城市环境质量、生活质量和城市景观的艺术水平。”