Planning Strategies for Cultural and Creative Industrial Parks in Urban Waterfront Spaces: A Case of Huai’an City’s Li Canal

As the base of urban resources, the water system is a solid foundation for the integrated development of “ecology, production, and life” in the city. Taking Huai’an Li-Canal as an example, we defined the problems of Li-Canal planning and proposed planning strategies for similar cities in China by combining the successful experiences in China through the detailed interpretation of the current situation of the Li-Canal waterfront space. The results provide a reference for the construction planning of similar urban waterfronts in China. We proposed optimized strategies to enhance the water space along the Canal of Huai for the future construction of a research framework considering the economic values of the Canal. The strategies can be used to evaluate the optimal effect of water spaces on the Canal.