The first part of this paper is an analysis of urban geographical environment in Hangzhou city proper,The second part, a three-level scheme of land-type classification for the city of Hangzhou has been adopted. The first-order landtypes are"Land system", the second-order landtypes are "Sections", and the third-order landtypes are "Yards". Land system, Section and Yard approximate to the Местностб, Урочцще and Фадпя of U.S.S.R. Yards are the major mapping units at a scale of 1:10,000. Besides, some problems about principles and methods of urban physical geography are discussed in this paper.Three maps of landtypes in Hangzhou city proper are made.There are the map of land system at a scale of 1:50, 000, the map of land section at a scale of 1:10,000, and the map of yard at a scale of 1:10,000.