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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254133803321

Autore

Yao Yifeng

Titolo

Nanjing: Historical Landscape and Its Planning from Geographical Perspective / / by Yifeng Yao

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

981-10-1637-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 212 p. 121 illus., 55 illus. in color.)

Collana

Springer Geography, , 2194-3168

Disciplina

307.120951132

Soggetti

Sociology, Urban

Human geography

Cities and towns - History

Physical geography

Urban Sociology

Human Geography

Urban History

Physical Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Significance of Geography and Urban Planning -- The Yangtze River Impacts and Early Nanjing Geography -- Nanjing Historical Landscape and City Changes -- City Status and Contemporary Geographical Landscape -- Rivers, Greenspaces and Ancient Capital Composition -- Geographic Landscape Planning and Design -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book studies the historical changes of the cityscape of Nanjing from the point of view of geographical systems. Nanjing is a city located along the Yangtze River, originated 2500 years ago, after which ten dynasties established their capital dependent on the geographical conditions. The book focuses on the analysis of the characteristics of mountain and river systems in the various historical periods, and provides investigations of historical sites along with these systems. This enables the search for the laws of historical evolution and spatial structure changes, which is also the research of the relationship between man and nature. It extends the traditional preservation and cityscapes planning to that of geographical landscape system. Readers



working in the area of geography, history, urban and landscape planning will benefit from it.