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Culture, Nature and Landscape Design in Contemporary Taiwan.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Culture, Nature and Landscape Design in Contemporary Taiwan./
Author:	Lin, Ching-Chuan.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 1999,
Description:	374 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-08, Section: C.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International80-08C.
Subject:	Area Planning and Development. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=13841469
ISBN:	9780438900868

Culture, Nature and Landscape Design in Contemporary Taiwan.
Lin, Ching-Chuan.

Culture, Nature and Landscape Design in Contemporary Taiwan. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1999 - 374 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 80-08, Section: C.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 1999.

This thesis is concerned with culture, nature and landscape design in contemporary Taiwan. For four hundred years onward, as an island of mainland China, the history of Taiwan has been a history of invasion and colonization. This colonial history is reflected in landscape practice, a theme which tends to recur even in modern times when the new designed landscapes all too often conform to a global stereotype. Throughout recent times modernization and Chinese influence have dominated the landscape profession and this has worked against the development of a regionally sound approach. The research assessed the current landscape challenges in Taiwan and identified the need to develop a more appropriate approach to landscape design. The research explored the feasibility of developing a landscape design paradigm for contemporary Taiwan which recognizes local distinctiveness and cares for environmental sustainability. Central to this new paradigm is the concept integrating cultural, natural and social conflicts in making a landscape. It is proposed that herein lies the starting point for a new landscape vision which is both distinctive and appropriate to local circumstances - the Regional Approach. This approach to landscape design is grounded in a proper understanding of Taiwanese cultural identity and draws on the insights of an underlying philosophy, the Taoist philosophy of nature. This philosophy suggests an ecologically informed approach to design which addresses the need for environmental sustainability in a fast growing regional economy. A landscape design framework is developed for the Regional Approach based on four key attributes - time, place, function and aesthetics. This framework is used to evaluate critically a range of contemporary landscapes, so providing useful insights about how the Regional Approach could influence landscape practice by giving new emphasis to ecological and cultural concerns. The thesis suggests that such an approach has the potential to contribute to the establishment of regional identity in landscape but that this would require a shift in landscape education, research, and practice that acknowledges the importance of regional distinctiveness.

ISBN: 9780438900868Subjects--Topical Terms:

1671542
Area Planning and Development.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Taiwan

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