Hangzhou urban form: urban archaeology, city-positioning, place-branding
Abstract
This paper analyses Hangzhou urban growth towards its relationship with the West lake, the Grand Canal and the city important venues defined from Song Dynasty to the West Lake Expo of 1927. The paper provides documents and bibliography also on the urban archaeology remains of Song Dynasty and its coexistence with contemporary urban life as the Ancestral Temple Taimiao, the Mansion of Empress Gongshengreinlie, the Deshou Palace, the Imperial Street (Yu Jie)
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