Basing on the rapidly constructing of urban waterfront in our country,from the urban design this paper analyzed the relationship and the design principles of the urban waterfront settlements and the urban waterfront and the questions which must be settled.

In the long development,the water-shore district unique ecological environment as well as the modern people gradually have also received the property developer the green space pursue the value,constructed the water-shore community at this upsurge resurgence enormous to .

However, some large-scale city waterfront residential areas are still using the traditional closure model to make exploitation and construction, though this model has quite a lot advantages, some disadvantages as follows have gradually come to light.

The Problems and Researches of Large-scale Residential Areas on Outskirts of Wuhan and Design Strategies;

Development Strategy and the Mode Research for the central of Chongqing Waterfront Residential Area;