03165nam 22006255 450 991025413380332120230810233347.0981-10-1637-210.1007/978-981-10-1637-0(CKB)3710000000751506(DE-He213)978-981-10-1637-0(MiAaPQ)EBC4592519(PPN)19451353X(EXLCZ)99371000000075150620160714d2016 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNanjing: Historical Landscape and Its Planning from Geographical Perspective /by Yifeng Yao1st ed. 2016.Singapore :Springer Nature Singapore :Imprint: Springer,2016.1 online resource (XV, 212 p. 121 illus., 55 illus. in color.) Springer Geography,2194-3168981-10-1635-6 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.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.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.Springer Geography,2194-3168Sociology, UrbanHuman geographyCities and townsHistoryPhysical geographyUrban SociologyHuman GeographyUrban HistoryPhysical GeographySociology, Urban.Human geography.Cities and townsHistory.Physical geography.Urban Sociology.Human Geography.Urban History.Physical Geography.307.120951132Yao Yifengauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1062790MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910254133803321Nanjing: Historical Landscape and Its Planning from Geographical Perspective2528573UNINA