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

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.

Sustainability approaches to Chinese landscape architecture

“…In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of parks, gardens, and recreation areas has grown dramatically since they significantly improve the overall health of citizens and help meet people's needs for social interaction (Uchiyama and Kohsaka 2020). Besides, parks and large open-air spaces provide residents with safe outdoor activities in a green environment that maintains good health and quality of life during a pandemic (Shao et al 2020; Xie et al 2020).…”

“…The dynamics of urbanization have led, to some extent, to the loss of national identity in design. However, the dynamics of urbanization at the same time have led to the traditional cultural and ethical paradigms of Chinese landscape construction (Shao et al 2020). Musacchio (2009) defined six sustainability approaches to landscape architecture: environment, economic, equity, aesthetics, experience, and ethics.…”

“…The dynamics of urbanization have led, to some extent, to the loss of national identity in design. However, the dynamics of urbanization at the same time have led to the traditional cultural and ethical paradigms of Chinese landscape construction (Shao et al 2020).…”

Comparative Resilience Evaluation—Case Study for Six Cities in China, Europe, and the Americas

“…Much has been made in terms of culture/identity indicators [43,44], ranking [45], sustainability [46], and urban identity [47], and also the field of sociology of culture [48] provides qualitative as well as quantitative measurements techniques that were considered as proxies to inform the current resilience analysis about the identity assessment on a city level. A comprehensive review of culture/identity indicators can be found in Ortega-Villa & Ley-Garcia [49] and extrapolates the scope of the present paper.…”

Transposition of the regional identity of young people moved to a megalopolis

“…Каждый анализ интервью основывался на описанной методике К. Мустакаса 26 и затрагивал все факторы идентичности, взятые нами для концептуализации 27 , что в дальнейшем позволит достичь цели данного исследования и проинтерпретировать внутреннюю структуру идентичности с точки зрения значимости факторов, ее обуславливающих, для катализации процесса транспонирования региональной самости. Более того, в процессе интервьюирования оказалось, что респонденты сами интуитивно затрагивают все факторы региональной идентичности и дают явную или неявную оценку их значимости.…”