Family Gao Courtyard In 2002, the revitalization of the historic site restored several courtyards including Family Gao Courtyard, Family An Courtyard, and etc. The preserved houses are the historic heritages that show the life style, and the urban fabric of …
Graded land own by state in Xi’an City. Different graded districts were shown on the plan. Usually, the land for commercial and tourist uses creates higher revenue than residential land. The CWA(City Wall Area) of Xi’an is mainly the heart …
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This Narrative introduces the basic knowledge of Xi’an from history. The name of Xi’an has been changed severe times from past. Daxing was the name of the city which was built by Sui dynasty Emperor Wen in 582 AD and …
In 2008, the State Council approved the fourth master plan. The fourth master plan focuses to restructure Xi’an’s urban space and move from industrial layout to economic market layout. Improvement of local living environment and restoration of the culture and …
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In 1990’s, the dominant of the urban development was high-tech industry, and the paid land use right was introduced. This introduction gave chance to real estate industries to contribute in urban construction of Xi’an and municipal government got revenues from …
Since 1949, the first development of Xi’an had started. The first master plan was based on industrial development. The first Master Plan of Xi’an has been dissolved during Cultural Revolution period, and urban development and construction was practiced for demands …
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After 1978, the second master plan which is the extension of the first master plan was proposed. The industrial development was still main focus of the development. There were limited resources for tourism, and only small number of oversea tourists …
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From the Xi’an Shi Zhi, the government’s strategies on historical site preservation were learned. As for the travel book published in 1995, it helps us to really study on how the tourists travelled in Xi’an in the past. By studying …
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This thesis had a very deep investigation of the relationship between the spatial arrangement of Xi’an, the one pole and many axes layout and the experiences of tourists. It collected a lot of data from tourists around 2004 and the …
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The main focus of urban renewal of Xi’an since the second masterplan released in 1980 has been shifted to tourism. Among the second(1980-2000), the third(1995-2010) and the fourth(2004-2020)masterplan, a series of strategies of historical sites preservation dominated the shaping of …
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The thesis had a very detailed investigation into the tourism of the Lianhu Historical Urban Area as well as the feedback from the tourists including Chinese and international. It not only analyzed the strategies carried out by the government to …
Since 2004, the Xi’an government had started a new direction on the urban development which is to ‘build and create something strong and good'(建強創佳). Based on this new slogan, there were following events like ‘let’s make Lianhu prettier’ (讓蓮湖靚起來) …
Xi’an is known as Chang’an which was the capital city of four dynasties, including Zhou, Qin, Han, Tang. This makes Xi’an the dream place to visit for fans of Chinese History. Lianhu historical urban area is one of the most …