Sustainable-Oriented Study on Conservation Planning of Cave-Dwelling Village Culture Landscape
The village cultural landscape of China is being challenged by the New Rural Construction and rapid urbanization. One of the dominant theories on the conservation of the village cultural landscape proposes that it can be protected through ecotourism, whic
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Sustainable-Oriented Study on Conservation Planning of Cave-Dwelling Village Culture Landscape An-rong Dang, Yan Zhang, and Yang Chen
Abstract The village cultural landscape of China is being challenged by the New Rural Construction and rapid urbanization. One of the dominant theories on the conservation of the village cultural landscape proposes that it can be protected through ecotourism, which is based on the concept of sustainable development. In line with the theory, this chapter discusses the guideline for the sustainable conservation of the village cultural landscape by means of village ecotourism. Gaoxigou, a cave-dwelling village, was used as a case study to analyze the key elements of the village cultural landscape, discuss the resources of village ecotourism, explore the relationship between the elements and resources, and examine and apply the guidelines for conservation planning and design. With the implementation of the guidelines, the author explored the sustainable conservation planning method of the cave-dwelling village’s cultural landscape and hopes to provide some references for the future protection of the village cultural landscape. Keywords Village cultural landscape • Conservation planning and design • Sustainable • Cave dwelling
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Introduction Significance of Conserving Village Cultural Landscape
The cultural landscape, as the term implies, is fashioned from the natural landscape by a cultural group. Culture is the agent; the natural area, the medium; and the cultural landscape, the result (Sauer 1925). The cultural landscape changes in step A.-r. Dang (*) • Y. Zhang • Y. Chen School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Haidian District, Beijing 100084, China e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] M. Kawakami et al. (eds.), Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development: Approaches 137 for Achieving Sustainable Urban Form in Asian Cities, Strategies for Sustainability, DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-5922-0_8, # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
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with human activity. Architecture and villages are the most typical examples of local cultural landscape (Sun 2002). Having been an agricultural civilization for more than 7,000 years, China has countless cultural heritages related to the village (Shan 2008, 2009). As the main human settlement of the agricultural population, the village is a unique space that is rich in cultural landscape (Zhang 2008), representing colorful village traditions (Wang 2007). Therefore, the importance of protecting the village cultural landscape is gaining a consensus in China, not only for the villagers’ sake but for the whole nation as well.
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Necessity of Conservation Planning and Design
With the advent of globalization, industrialization, urbanization, and new countryside construction projects, the village cultural landscape is facing serious threats and challenges (Wu 2010). In recent years, both officials and scholars have been stressing the need to conserve the village cultu
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