Urban River Transformation and the Landscape Garden City Movement in China

Shi, Shuhan; Kondolf, G. Mathias; Li, Dihua

doi:10.3390/su10114103

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“…The existing research on urban riverfront spaces mostly focuses on the improvement of the existing water ecology or the enhancement of the visual landscape [6]. However, such studies lack theoretical research on people's cognition of riverine landscapes and lack an in-depth understanding of how riverine landscapes affect people's sense of place (SOP) in the riverfront space.…”

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The Influence of Multi-Dimensional Cognition on the Formation of the Sense of Place in an Urban Riverfront Space

2019

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Urban riverfront spaces and associated riverine landscapes play important roles in promoting human-river interactions and shaping the regional characteristics of a city. This paper explored the urban riverfront space from the material level of the riverine landscape to a multi-dimensional cognitive level and constructed a theoretical exploration model of the influence of three cognitive dimensions (sensual cognition, intellectual cognition, and rational cognition) on the ‘sense of place’ (SOP) in urban riverfronts. In addition, the measurement scales for different cognitive dimensions were explored and designed. The structural equation model (SEM) was used to analyse 329 valid survey questionnaires in June 2019 in Dujiangyan Yihu Park, China. The analysis of the case study results showed that the overall theoretical model had a good model fit. The sensual cognition, intellectual cognition, and rational cognition all had a significant influence on the SOP in the riverfront park, of which the intellectual cognition had the most significant influence. Strengthening the creation of a riverine landscape for intellectual cognition is expected to enhance the SOP in riverfront spaces more effectively and achieve more enriched interactions between people and rivers.

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The Influence of Multi-Dimensional Cognition on the Formation of the Sense of Place in an Urban Riverfront Space

2019

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“…City brand names were established to convey positive city images drawing on this green infrastructure. Cities could brand themselves as a National Garden City (Shi et al 2018), a National Eco-City (Chang et al 2016), or a National Forest City (Thadani et al 2020;Zhang et al 2021). These brands align with national development programmes and campaigns (Lu & de Jong 2019), and share a strong state-led characteristic (Ye & Björner 2018), but lack sufficient uniqueness to distinguish themselves from their peers.…”

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Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme?

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China's Sponge City Programme (SCP) is one of the world's most ambitious sustainable urban drainage programmes. By 2030, Chinese cities must have 80% of their land drained by Blue–Green Infrastructure (BGI) to build critically needed flood resilience. Costs must be met from municipal and private finance, but BGI lacks the revenue streams of public assets like utilities, so has limited appeal to public–private partnerships. Finance options, including Green Bonds targeting institutional investors, and Payment for Urban Ecosystem Service schemes targeting local citizens and businesses, need developing. Green city branding could lever such finance but despite widespread use of green branding to attract investment, sponge branding strategies are immature, and alignment is needed in green branding between sponge project type (e.g., flagship and retrofit), financial instrument, and target financier, to develop differentiated brands that appeal to a diversity of SCP investors. With little grassroots input into city branding, and SCP problems of green gentrification, local support for SCP implementation may be at risk. This is concerning, because cities need local citizens and businesses to invest in the SCP to achieve the extensive retrofit needed, as retrofit (using small-scale BGI such as stormwater planters, de-paving, and raingardens) has little appeal for institutional investors.

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“…Urban waterfronts have experienced the effects of boom to bust [2] and now revitalization plans for urban waterfronts are important contents in urban planning [3]. Therefore, a considerable amount of previous research studied successful cases of revitalization of urban waterfronts in some developed countries [8], including the design and landscape construction methods of urban waterfront spaces [9], development modes [10][11][12], and the policies on the treatment of waterfront environments [13,14]. Since we entered the 21st century, studies on waterfronts and their influences have gradually enriched, such as the openness characteristics of lakefronts in Wuhan central urban area [2], using accessibility to assess a riverfront rehabilitation project [15], taking leisure function into consideration during planning missions for waterfront spaces [16,17], and some integrated waterfront cultural planning of some waterfronts with rich cultures [18,19].…”

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Temporal Characteristics of Waterfronts in Wuhan City and People’s Behavioral Preferences Based on Social Media Data

Chen

2019

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The appeal and vibrancy of urban waterfronts are catalysts for urban progress and sustainable urban development. This study aims to thoroughly explore the temporal characteristics of waterfront vibrancy and explore people’s behavioral preferences for various types of waterfronts at various times. On the basis of social media data, this study uses the seasonal index analysis method to classify waterfronts. Then, the kernel density estimation was used to analyze the spatial structure of different types of waterfronts. Finally, temporally weighted regression was used to indicate people’s preferences for various types of waterfronts. In general, results show the different temporal characteristics of users in waterfronts at different times and their behavioral preferences for waterfronts as the reasons behind these preface characteristics. First, on weekdays, people tend to visit daily waterfronts close to residences, and people find it convenient to walk after 18:00 and engage in recreational activities dominated by consumption and exercise, which reach a peak at 22:00–24:00. Second, on weekends, people prefer the weekend waterfronts with complete entertainment facilities and cultural themes. The natural seasonal waterfronts with seasonal landscapes attract people in various seasons, such as spring and autumn, whereas the social seasonal waterfront may be more attractive during high seasons, especially in March and June, due to big water events or nearby colleges and universities. Therefore, the government should improve the facilities of various types of waterfronts to satisfy people’s preferences at different times and help in proposing targeted suggestions with reference to future city waterfront planning and space design, contributing to the waterfronts’ vitality improvement, urban features, and promotion of urban sustainable development.

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Urban River Transformation and the Landscape Garden City Movement in China

Cited by 19 publications

References 51 publications

The Influence of Multi-Dimensional Cognition on the Formation of the Sense of Place in an Urban Riverfront Space

The Influence of Multi-Dimensional Cognition on the Formation of the Sense of Place in an Urban Riverfront Space

Can green city branding support China's Sponge City Programme?

Temporal Characteristics of Waterfronts in Wuhan City and People’s Behavioral Preferences Based on Social Media Data

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