在美国的城市建设中，对城市形态的整体控制是通过区划法和城市设计导则来实现的。
In American urban construction, the controlling to urban form is realized through Zoning and urban Design Guidelines.
城市设计就是运用城市形态来表达特定社会中被公众所广泛接受的城市内涵的象征性表达。
We call urban design the symbolic attempt to express an accepted urban meaning in certain urban form.
从城市形态上来看，分散论和集中论体现了现代城市规划设计的两种基本主张。
From the city layouts and functioning point of view, dense city theory and decentralized city theory represent two fundamental arguments in modern urban planning study.
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