Format:
1 online resource (227 pages)
ISBN:
9789811907555
Series Statement:
The Urban Book Ser.
Content:
Intro -- Foreword by Kongjian Yu -- Foreword by Sören Schöbel-Rutschmann -- Acknowledgments -- Summary -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Setting the Scene -- 1.1 Problem Statements -- 1.1.1 Cultural Landscape Degeneration in China -- 1.1.2 Water and Identity Crises in the Yangtze River Delta -- 1.1.3 Missing Role of Landscape Architecture in Framing Cultural Landscape in Urbanization -- 1.1.4 A Lack of Characterization Instruments for Metropolitan Landscape -- 1.2 Aims and Objectives -- 1.3 Research Questions -- 1.4 Research Methodology and Outcomes -- 1.5 Outline -- 1.5.1 Part I Theoretical Background -- 1.5.2 Part II Application in Research and Design in the Yangtze River Delta -- 1.5.3 Part III Synthesis and Implications -- References -- Part I Theoretical Background -- 2 Building the Research Context -- 2.1 Landscape -- 2.1.1 Dictionaries -- 2.1.2 Meaning in Various Languages -- 2.1.3 Landscape Conventions -- 2.1.4 Multidisciplinary Literature -- 2.2 Landscape Inventories: Landscape Elements, Structure, and Character -- 2.2.1 Elements, Characteristics and Character A Hierarchical Approach -- 2.2.2 Landscape Structure -- 2.3 Cultural Landscape Study: A Global Overview -- 2.3.1 Cultural Landscape as Heritage Site -- 2.3.2 Cultural Landscape as Everyday Landscape -- 2.3.3 Highlights in Theoretical Studies -- 2.3.4 Global Practice -- 2.3.5 Gaps of Cultural Landscape Study in China -- 2.4 Landscape in Metropolitan Areas -- 2.4.1 Urban-Rural Division in China -- 2.4.2 Blurred Urban, Suburban, and Rural Landscapes -- References -- 3 Permanence and Resilience: The Framing Role of Landscape Architecture -- 3.1 Link Between Cultural Landscape and Urbanization -- 3.1.1 The Framing Role of Landscape Architecture -- 3.1.2 Cultural Landscape as a Design Issue in Metropolitan Areas -- 3.2 Permanent Forms and Regional Identity.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789811907548
Language:
English
