Rural-Urban versus Urban-Rural
Chinese cities are semi-cities with two faces, a rural and an urban one. A place in the center of the city. At the same time, there is an urban quality within a totally green landscape. All cities are in fact in a situation of in-between. This creates a necessary vitality, and also an opportunity: a...
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| Language: | English |
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Universidad San Sebastian
2010-12-01
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| Series: | Materia Arquitectura |
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| Online Access: | http://materiaarquitectura.com/index.php/MA/article/view/330 |
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| Summary: | Chinese cities are semi-cities with two faces, a rural and an urban one. A place in the center of the city. At the same time, there is an urban quality within a totally green landscape. All cities are in fact in a situation of in-between. This creates a necessary vitality, and also an opportunity: a new type of reciprocal relationship between the urban and the rural face. This research describes ten Chinese cities with a dual nature experience of rural-urban. Although the cities have different histories, geographies, cultures, scales, and are in different stages of development, by locating their rural and urban faces, we can find clues to improve them.
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| ISSN: | 0718-7033 2735-7503 |