This study employs Space Syntax analysis to examine the urban expansion of Zhengding, a small historical city in northern China. Focusing on the impact of the city walls…
The reconstruction of historical sites, while a controversial practice, has been common in both Germany and China to mitigate the cultural losses incurred during wars…
This study defined as ‘Simplified Courtyard’ a type of urban house widely built in the 1970s 1990s in small cities in North China. Together with their public and semi-public spaces…
Public spaces are ‘stages upon which the drama of communal life unfolds’ (Carr et al., 1992). They stimulate communication and integration among people of different social classes and groups…
Tourism has recently been viewed as an economic growth engine for Chinese small historic cities, including Zhengding in Northern China. However, the intensive…