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Space syntax analysis of Foshan historic areas in contemporary urban transformation.

Yu, Han. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-155). / Abstract also in Chinese; appendix C in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Content --- p.vii / Figure Content --- p.ix / Table Content --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Rapid Transformation of urban fabric in China --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Dilemma in conservation studies and practices --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Definition --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Research Questions --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Research Methods --- p.10 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Study area --- p.11 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Objectives and significances --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review and Methodology --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1 --- Space syntax theory --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Foundations of syntactical model --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Network and movements --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Part-whole relationships --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Syntactical studies of urban evolution process --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- Space Syntax Implementations --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Basic parameters --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Secondary parameters --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Implementation in Depthmap --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3 --- Research methodology --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Analysis and Results --- p.42 / Chapter 3.1 --- Background --- p.42 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Overview of urban development of Foshan --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Limitations of previous studies --- p.53 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Analysis framework --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2 --- Data preparation --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Historical maps --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Three periods --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Historic attributes --- p.63 / Chapter 3.3 --- Syntactical models --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Generating axial lines --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Boundary considerations --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Space syntax parameters --- p.69 / Chapter 3.4 --- Syntactical transformation of the whole street network --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Global integration --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Global choice --- p.76 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Relations to functional distribution --- p.79 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Findings --- p.84 / Chapter 3.5 --- Transformation of district-city relationships --- p.85 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Overview of ´بdistrict´ة in different years --- p.86 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- ´بDistrict´ة and ´بradius´ة --- p.91 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Syntactical characteristics of districts --- p.99 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Findings --- p.106 / Chapter 3.6 --- Transformation of place-city relationships --- p.107 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Overview of ´بhistorical places´ة in different years --- p.108 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Syntactical characteristics of places in 1923 --- p.114 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- Syntactical transformation of heritages --- p.117 / Chapter 3.6.4 --- Findings --- p.122 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.123 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.125 / Chapter 4.1 --- Conservation discussions --- p.125 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Suggestions to urban planning of historic core --- p.125 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Suggestions to urban design of historic districts --- p.129 / Chapter 4.2 --- Conclusions --- p.131 / Chapter 4.3 --- Research limitations --- p.132 / Chapter 4.4 --- Future works --- p.133 / Appendix --- p.135 / Chapter A: --- Events of Foshan in the history --- p.135 / Chapter B: --- Glossary of space syntax --- p.137 / Chapter C: --- Glossary of Foshan --- p.139 / Chapter D: --- Syntactical results of respective districts --- p.142 / Chapter E: --- Syntactical results of individual heritages --- p.144 / Bibliography --- p.148

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326762
Date January 2009
ContributorsYu, Han., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Earth System and GeoInformation Science.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, xiii, 155 leaves : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, Foshan Shi, China, Foshan Shi, China, Foshan Shi
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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