The Marshlands Degradation and the Urban Spatial Transformation: A Case Study of “Town” and “Market” in Jingzhou City

Abstract:

The Marshland was one kind of the most important living environments for the ancient Chinese people, but is greatly eroded nowadays by the rapid urbanization. By studying in Jingzhou city, the Chinese city with a history of 2000 years, it was proved that the Chinese traditional Town –Market mode was effective in harmonizing the human and the marshlands and availed in balancing the urban economical and cultural functions. So a framework of essential action for urban planners is claimed to propose a rational way of urban spatial constructions adapted to the Chinese context.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 599)
• Pages: 943-949
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.599.943
• Online since: November 2012
• Authors: Yi Chen, He Bing, Liang Gao Zhang
• Keywords: Chinese Traditional Culture, Jingzhou, Marshlands Degradation, Urban Space

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