Plan analysis of historical cities
A Sino-European comparison
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12339239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J W R Whitehand, Jeremy Whitehand (University of Birmingham, corresponding author), Michael P Conzen (0000-0003-0511-3154, Geographical Institute), Kai Gu (0000-0003-4911-583X, University of Auckland) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-14 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Morphology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1027-4278 |
| Publisher | International Seminar on Urban Form (PUBLISHER • FR) |
| DOI | 10.51347/jum.v20i2.4060 |
| OpenAlex | W2955741053 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 8 |
Until recently Chinese and European approaches to the study of historical urban form have differed markedly. Here a comparison is made of the historico-geographical development of the ground plans of the walled cities of Como, Italy and Pingyao, China. Adopting a largely Conzenian approach previously mainly employed in Europe, considerable use is made of field surveys and series of large-scale plans to map patterns of change over time in streets, plots and the ground plans of buildings. In both cities, series of planned developments over some 2000 years have left major physical legacies that have acted as frameworks for long-term morphological development and given rise to distinct intra-city patterns of present-day physical forms. Cross-cultural similarities in the processes of development are revealed, especially with regard to the influence of ancient street lines, plots and successive city walls. Among the significant contrasts between the two cities are those stemming from socio-cultural differences, notably relating to cosmological influences
Archaeology · Cartography · China · Economic geography · Geography · Physical geography · Plan (archaeology · Regional science · Scale (ratio · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Remote Sensing and Land Use · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis
Extending the compass of plan analysis
How cities internalize their former urban fringes
Urban Morphology as an emerging interdisciplinary field
Issues in urban morphology
Research on Chinese urban form
Comparing Traditional Urban Form in China and Europe
Some Observations on the Morphology of Chinese Walled Cities
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |