The Research Of Sharing Landscape In The Context Of Urban Regeneration

Chinese cities are undergoing tremendous transformations, represented by the unprecedented speed of urbanization and structural change of economy. Among the historical waves of transformation, urban redevelopment becomes one of the most important development topics. Urban redevelopment is often accompanied with the reallocation process of all sorts of social resources. Inequality, however, unavoidably occurs in the resource allocation process, particular in terms of the planning and design of urban space. The spatial inequality is highly related to the physical and also psychological quality of the built environment. This paper addresses the significance in identifying the underlying inequality in spatial planning and design. Accordingly the concept of sharing landscape is proposed, which refers to a multi-dimensional view and solution of the urban spatial inequality issue.The structure of argument consists of six chapters:Chapter2starts with a clarification of the research topic. Then the sharing property of urban space is derived from the analysis of the staging characters of the contemporary Chinese cities. Subsequently the concept of sharing landscape is proposed, which reveals the importance and essence of this research.Chapter3offers a thorough review on the existing urban regeneration projects of different types. A systematic analytical framework is established in this chapter, which contains four major characters of urban sharing landscape:the spatial structure, the function of service, the embodiment of landscape resources and the cultural implications.Chapter4underpins the concept of sharing by pinpointing the primary concerns on landscape design. The design guideline for sharing landscape includes four components: the space sharing, facility sharing, resource sharing and emotion sharing.Chapter5applies the theoretical framework and design guidelines aforementioned to the case of Tanhualin, a historical district in Wuhan, China. A specific analysis and discussion regarding the inequality issue is conducted. And some pragmatic design improvements are put forwarded as well, reflecting the design principles drawn from the previous discussion.