Date of Award
Spring 5-30-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)
Department
Landscape Architecture
First Advisor
Colgate Searle
Second Advisor
Nick De Pace
Abstract
My research focuses on one county in China and the regional and local structure to understand the existing flows between urban and rural areas, including both ecological, industrial and social exchanges. Kaihua county, located in north-west Zhejiang Province, is currently the poorest county economically in this region and has more migrant workers and a more severe hollowing degree.
This thesis aims to revive the hollowing rural village and improve the village’s value as a hybrid public realm - a space encouraging reciprocal flows exchanged from both “rural ground” and urban “new comers,” strengthening the ecological and social ties among water systems and native species, producers, consumers and tourists. The design is trying to generate a model for reordering the experience of the rural territory.
Recommended Citation
Tao, Rui, "Reviving the hollowing rural village: research on the coastal mountainous region of Kaihua, China" (2020). Masters Theses. 592.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/592
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