85ABSTRACT/Inviewoftherunofnaturalsprings,theforma-tionofurbanpatternandtheurbanfunctionassumedbysprings,thispapermakesanaccountofthehistoricalevolu-tionofurbanformofthespringscity-Jinan,andanalyzesthedifferenthierarchicinfluencesofspaceformofspringsonenvironmentalorganizationofsettlementandformationofurbanlandscape.Itinducesandsumsupdifferenttypesofspringssettlementspaceintypology.KEYWORDS/Jinan,springswaters.settlementspace,urbanlandscape,hierarchiccharacter,typology86RESEARCHESINDESIGN8788RESEARCHESINDESIGN