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Modern Christian Landscape in Nanjing, China: A Literature Review

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  • Cheng Fang

    (Department of Landscape Architecture, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China)

  • Bo Yang

    (School of Architecture and Planning, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China
    School of Landscape Architecture and Planning, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA)

Abstract

Between the First Opium War in 1840 and the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the development of modern Christianity in Nanjing expanded beyond the parameters of faith and spirituality, while interacting closely with Nanjing’s city life and space across a wider spectrum, such that a unique religious and cultural landscape was produced. Through an extensive literature review of 115 articles identified on this topic, this paper analyzes the development of the space of Christian churches in Nanjing, and further documents the pattern of interactions between Nanjing’s development as a modern city and its religious cultural landscape. Moreover, drawing from the theoretical perspective of Sense of Place, the paper summarizes the characteristics of religious cultural landscape in the aspects of vision and structure, function and modernization, and memory and identity, and points out that the Christian landscape should also be conducted from the activation of material form, local functions and historical meanings to achieve sustainable development of Christian landscape. Finally, the paper offers planning and design strategies for the continued growth of Christian landscape in Nanjing.

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  • Cheng Fang & Bo Yang, 2017. "Modern Christian Landscape in Nanjing, China: A Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 9(11), pages 1-25, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:9:y:2017:i:11:p:2155-:d:119918
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    1. Eduardo Oliveira & Silvia Tobias & Anna M. Hersperger, 2018. "Can Strategic Spatial Planning Contribute to Land Degradation Reduction in Urban Regions? State of the Art and Future Research," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-23, March.

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