Understanding Landscape Identity in the Context of Rapid Urban Change in China

Yuhan Shao, Eckart Lange, Kevin Thwaites, Zhenying Xue and Xinyu Xu
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Yuhan Shao: Department of Landscape Architecture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Renewal and Spatial Optimization Technology, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Eckart Lange: Department of Landscape, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Kevin Thwaites: Department of Landscape, The University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
Zhenying Xue: Department of Landscape Architecture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Renewal and Spatial Optimization Technology, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Xinyu Xu: Department of Landscape Architecture, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Urban Renewal and Spatial Optimization Technology, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 9, 1-18

Abstract: China is one of the most rapidly urbanising countries in the world. In recent years, it has experienced enormous environmental changes, as well as a loss of landscape identity. This paper aims to explore the concept of landscape identity in the context of the overwhelming urbanisation in China. It develops a conceptual framework on landscape identity from different dimensions. Factors are also identified that drive the urban changes with regard to the landscape identity that develops over time. Taking the city of Yantai, a city in Shandong Province, as an example, it is demonstrated how this conceptual framework can be applied to help in the understanding and protection of landscape identity in China.

Keywords: landscape identity; urban environment; conceptual framework; rapid urbanisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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