Guide of Urban Open Space for Research on the Urban Landscape in Xi'an

Abstract:

A series of urban construction activities has taken place in Xian in recent years. Changes can be shown on whether urban landscape, ecological environment or culture aspect. This paper will first discriminate some basic concepts about urban open space, and then bring the research on the urban landscape evolution of Xian. The research will focus on the development and changes of different type of urban public space and based on case studies which mainly about scale, style, colour, pattern, vegetation, place and ecology of urban landscape. Urban public space mainly includes urban green space and urban open space which will be squares and streets. The most important aim is though represent of phenomenal to reveal the objective law and the agent of the evolution of urban landscape in Xian.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 357-360)
• Pages: 2079-2084
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.357-360.2079
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Bo Liu, Zong Gang Liu
• Keywords: Urban Landscape, Urban Open Space, Urban Pattern

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