On Waterscape Design of Modern City in Light of Sustainable Development

As the deficiency in water resources increases,how to build pleasant and ecological waterscape has become a very important topic for designers.From the perspective of environmental art,based on the concept of water system layout in ancient Chinese garden,and combined with the design principles of urban waterscape,the study discusses the problems in current urban waterscape design so as to create modern waterscape in accordance with 'human-orientation' and 'sustainable development'.