Rediscovery of Cultural Landscapes in Southern China: Sustainable Heritage and Planning in Rural Settlements...

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Wallace P.H. Chang

Rediscovery of Cultural Landscapes in Southern China

Sustainable Heritage and Planning in Rural Settlements

Wallace P.H. Chang

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Routledge
28 April 2023

Human geography; The environment; Urban & municipal planning; Rural planning; Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides

Series: Planning, Heritage and Sustainability

This book investigates the concept of human landscape in rural settlements in Southern China, where communities and their cultural landscapes are facing contemporary challenges following a period of rapid urbanization in the last 50 years.

While metropolitan cities, such as Hong Kong, are experiencing accelerated urban development, underpopulated rural villages are struggling to maintain the cultural heritage of their regions. Rediscovery of Cultural Landscapes in Southern China provides a detailed account into indigenous living cultures in traditional, rural settlements upon natural landscapes. Beginning with an overview of the theoretical framework, the book presents six unique cases, including: Tai O, Yim Tin Tsai, Lai Chi Wo, Nga Tsin Wai, Cangdong, and Meinong, while illustrating a relevant comparison between Hakka and Satoyama landscape systems. The spectrum of theoretical and case analyses allows for a rethinking of the evolving cultural landscape’s positioning with valuable heritages in the context of a post-industrial society.

The book is written towards reinterpreting the cultural landscape by conceptualizing the human landscape for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in rural-cultural conservation and revitalization, heritage management, traditional architecture and landscape planning, and urban-rural development.

By: Wallace P.H. Chang
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 557g
ISBN: 9780367466527
ISBN 10: 036746652X
Series: Planning, Heritage and Sustainability
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 28 April 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wallace P. H. Chang is a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute of Harvard University, associate professor at the University of Hong Kong, and registered architect in Hong Kong and China. He is both an architectural practitioner and theorist on urban design, cultural conservation, and community participation.