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

1st Edition

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

By Wallace P.H. Chang Copyright 2023
216 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

216 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Contributors

1 Introduction
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

PART I
Theoretical Framework

2 Human Landscape
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

3 Cultural Heritage in Rural Landscape
WALLACE P. H. CHANG AND SINING PENG

4 Finding an Eco-Habitat
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

5 Evolution From the Origin
WALLACE P. H. CHANG AND SINING PENG

6 Hakka Villages in Hong Kong
WALLACE P. H. CHANG AND SINING PENG

7 From Empty-Nesting to Home Calling
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

PART II
Heritage Management Approaches

8 Case Analysis With Alternative Strategies
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

9 Tai O Fishing Village – Cultural Awakening
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

10 Yim Tin Tsai Catholic Village – Religious Calling
ANNA S. Y. KWONG AND WALLACE P. H. CHANG

11 Lai Chi Wo – Rural Revitalizing
VINCCI W. S. MAK

12 Nga Tsin Wai Village – Urban Rediscovering
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

13 Cangdong Project – Tradition Revitalizing
SELIA JINHUA TAN

14 Meinong Hakka Cultural District – Humanized Indigenizing
SINING PENG

15 Satoyama and Hakka Wisdom
WALLACE P. H. CHANG AND SINING PENG

16 Learning Towards Human Landscape
WALLACE P. H. CHANG

Index

Biography

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.

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