Feng Shui and the City - Manuela Madeddu, Xiaoqing Zhang

Feng Shui and the City

The Private and Public Spaces of Chinese Geomancy
Buch | Hardcover
158 Seiten
2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Verlag, Singapore
978-981-16-0846-9 (ISBN)
58,84 inkl. MwSt
Feng Shui and the City analyses the past and contemporary influences of traditional geomancy on Chinese built environments across three domains: domestic spaces, spaces of commercial development and the public realm. Using Lefebvre’s notion of absolute and abstract space—spaces of ‘symbolic existence’ and ‘everyday life’ versus spaces of domination and control, it tracks evolving attachment to, and use of, Feng Shui in Guangdong and Hong Kong. The book seeks to understand the changing role of Feng Shui in modern urban development and its regulation, and to question what constitutes authentic Feng Shui today. 

Manuela Madeddu is Senior Lecturer in Urban Design at the University of Liverpool.  She has held previous posts at London South Bank University and the Politecnico di Torino, and practised as an architect and urban designer in Italy and the UK. Her research focuses on cultures of design and regulation. Xiaoqing Zhang is Lecturer in Public Administration at the Zhejiang Sci-Tech University. She graduated from University College London with a PhD in Planning Studies. Her research interests include urban regeneration in relation to welfare regimes, and community governance sitting within a broader understanding of local political resources.

Chapter 1: Feng Shui and the ‘Meaning of Space’.- Chapter 2: The Case Studies and Research Approach.- Chapter 3: Feng Shui in Mainland China – Guangdong Province.- Chapter 4: Feng Shui in the Chinese territories – Hong Kong.- Chapter 5: Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 16 Illustrations, color; 7 Illustrations, black and white; XV, 158 p. 23 illus., 16 illus. in color.
Verlagsort Singapore
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 981-16-0846-6 / 9811608466
ISBN-13 978-981-16-0846-9 / 9789811608469
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