by Choi Chi Hoi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Bibliography: leaves 171-178. / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.v / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.vi / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.x / LIST OF TABLES --- p.xii / LIST OF PHOTOS --- p.xiv / LIST OF APPENDICES --- p.xvi / Chapter I --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives --- p.6 / Chapter 1.3 --- Uniqueness and Significance of the Study --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Some Key Concepts --- p.9 / Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.11 / Chapter II --- THE STUDY AREA / Chapter 2.1 --- Selection of the Study Area --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- The Physical and Socio-Economic Environment of the Deqing County --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Location --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Climate --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Geology and Landform --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- Vegetation --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- Population and Economic Activities --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- History of Soil Erosion and Conservation --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Shenchong Basin --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- The Lichong Basin --- p.28 / Chapter 2.5 --- The Resource Base of Deqing --- p.30 / Chapter III --- METHODOLOGY --- p.34 / Chapter 3.1 --- Conceptual Considerations --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2 --- Land Degradation Processes --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Nutrient Loss from Hillslopes --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Iron Toxicity --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Properties and Nutrient Status of Rehabilitated Soils --- p.44 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Methods of Chemical Analysis of Water and Soil Samples --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3 --- Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rehabilitation Measures --- p.50 / Chapter 3.4 --- Problems and Limitations --- p.54 / Chapter IV --- LAND DEGRADATION： PROCESSES AND PROBLEMS --- p.56 / Chapter 4.1 --- Landscape Changes in a Severely Eroded Granitic Area --- p.56 / Chapter 4.2 --- Land Degradation Processes 一 On-site Effects --- p.60 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Soil Loss on the Hillsides --- p.60 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Loss of productivity on the Hillsides --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3 --- Land Degradation Process - Off-Site Effects --- p.70 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Burial of Agricultural Land Beneath Alluvial Fans --- p.70 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Concentration of Dissolved Iron in Sub-surface Water --- p.74 / Chapter 4.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.78 / Chapter V --- COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EROSION CONTROL MEASURES THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS --- p.80 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.80 / Chapter 5.2 --- Economic-Biophysical Management Linkages in the Shenchong Basin --- p.80 / Chapter 5.3 --- Range of Erosion Control/Land Use Options --- p.83 / Chapter 5.4 --- Methodology --- p.83 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Data Sources --- p.85 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Economic Valuation Techniques --- p.85 / Chapter 5.5 --- Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation of Erosion- Control Measures --- p.87 / Chapter 5.5.1 --- Option 1 - Hillsides are Maintained Under Dense Fern and Tree Cover and No Use is Permitted --- p.88 / Chapter 5.5.2 --- Option 2 : Slope - Maintaining Dense Vegetation Cover but Permitting Sustained Yield Harvesting of Fern for Fuel and Resin and Timber Production --- p.90 / Chapter 5.5.3 --- Option 3 : Slope - Building Terraces on Hillslopes --- p.92 / Chapter 5.5.4 --- Option 4 : Slope - No Erosion Control Measures --- p.94 / Chapter 5.5.5 --- Option 5 : Slope - Conversion from Fern and Woodland to Baji and Yu Gui Crops --- p.94 / Chapter 5.5.6 --- Option 6 - Small Check Dams Constructed to Control Gully Erosion --- p.94 / Chapter 5.5.7 --- Option 7 : Gully - Large Check Dams --- p.97 / Chapter 5.5.8 --- Option 8 : Gully - Biological Dams --- p.98 / Chapter 5.5.9 --- Option 9 : Gully - Infilling of Gullies --- p.99 / Chapter 5.5.10 --- Option 10 : gully - No Erosion Control --- p.100 / Chapter 5.6 --- Policy Implications --- p.100 / Chapter 5.7 --- Policy Optimization With Multiple-Objective Decision Modeling --- p.102 / Chapter VI --- REHABILITATION PROGRAM AT SHENCHONG AND LICHONG RECONSIDERED --- p.107 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.107 / Chapter 6.2 --- Land Rehabilitation at Shenchong --- p.107 / Chapter 6.3 --- Land Rehabilitation at Lichong --- p.111 / Chapter 6.4 --- Ecological Considerations --- p.119 / Chapter 6.5 --- Agricultural Considerations --- p.124 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Chemical Soil Properties --- p.126 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Physical Soil Property --- p.135 / Chapter 6.6 --- Economic Considerations --- p.143 / Chapter 6.6.1 --- Costs and Benefits of Rehabilitation Activities --- p.144 / Chapter 6.6.2 --- Sustainability of the Rehabilitation Programs --- p.146 / Chapter 6.6.3 --- Distribution of Costs and Benefits over Time --- p.148 / Chapter 6.7 --- Institutional Considerations --- p.151 / Chapter 6.7.1 --- Rural Economic Reform --- p.152 / Chapter 6.7.2 --- Institution Set-up of the Two Brigades --- p.153 / Chapter 6.7.3 --- Distribution of Cost and Benefits --- p.154 / Chapter 6.7.4 --- Risk Management --- p.155 / Chapter 6.7.5 --- Land Use Planning --- p.156 / Chapter 6.7.6 --- Motivation --- p.157 / Chapter 6.7.7 --- The Search for Solution --- p.159 / Chapter VII --- CONCLUSION --- p.162 / Chapter 7.1 --- Introduction --- p.162 / Chapter 7.2 --- Discussion --- p.166 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.171 / APPENDICES --- p.179

Yang Lu, Louise. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 2009-2010, design report." / "May 2010." / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55).

Hui, Mei Kei Maggie. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 324-327). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ABSTRACT --- p.2 / DECLARATION --- p.5 / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT --- p.6 / NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION --- p.7 / TABLE OF CONTENT --- p.9 / TABLE OF FIGURES --- p.11 / Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION TIBETAN MONASTIC SETTLEMENT AND THE VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURAL QUESTIONS --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background. --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Aim --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- Thesis outline --- p.5 / Chapter 2 --- READING TIBETAN ARCHITECTURE AND SPACE AS CULTURAL FORM ON THE PERIPHERY LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.7 / Chapter 2.2 --- Literature review: different perspectives --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Research Design --- p.29 / Chapter 3 --- LABRANG COMPLEXITY AND TRANSFORMATION --- p.46 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.46 / Chapter 3.2 --- Amdo: an ethnographic ally tibetan region --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3 --- Transformation of the physical fabric of Labrang --- p.63 / Chapter 4 --- HOUSE SPACE AT LABRANG HOUSE SPACE AND VILLAGE --- p.102 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.102 / Chapter 4.2 --- House architecture at labrang --- p.103 / Chapter 4.3 --- Village and house placement --- p.106 / Chapter 4.4 --- House space --- p.108 / Chapter 4.5 --- House Typology --- p.188 / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary --- p.195 / Chapter 5 --- PLACE MAKING AT LABRANG --- p.197 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.197 / Chapter 5.2 --- The making of sacred landscape through daily pilgrimage --- p.197 / Chapter 5.3 --- The site and the pilgrims ´ةs physical anchorage --- p.203 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary: Ritual and the different level of body-space action --- p.270 / Chapter 6 --- SPATIAL CONTINUUM IN THE RELIGIOUS/LIVING SPACE FROM HOUSE TO SETTLEMENT --- p.274 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.274 / Chapter 6.2 --- Negotiation of space inside the house --- p.275 / Chapter 6.3 --- "Religious spatial phenomenon: From house to Village, from house to monastery." --- p.294 / Chapter 6.4 --- Spatial negotiation of Labrang: public religious rituals --- p.299 / Chapter 6.5 --- Summary: Negotiation of space and time --- p.304 / Chapter 7 --- CONCLUSION WAYS OF DEFINING SPACE AND PLACE MAKING THROUGH BODY AND SPACE AT LABRANG --- p.306 / Chapter 7.1 --- Complexity in reading Tibetan cultural form through the architecture and space at Labrang --- p.306 / APPENDIX --- p.315 / Chapter Appendix A: --- Village name and code --- p.315 / Chapter Appendix B: --- Major buildings inside Labrang Tashikyil --- p.317 / Chapter Appendix C: --- Chart showing major public rituals celebrated at Labrang monastery --- p.321 / Chapter Appendix D: --- Chart of house samples --- p.323 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.324

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