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Ecological and Cultural Anatomy of Taishan Villages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Jonathan Hammond
Jonathan Hammond
Affiliation:
Kyushu Institute of Design
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The peasant farmers of Taishan County in southern China's Guangdong Province have created a pattern of village settlement which, using very limited resources, has produced an agricultural landscape and village environment that is a model of ecological integration. The pattern serves both the social and functional needs of the inhabitants by taking advantage of simple microclimatic modifications and the efficient use and recycling of resources. The result is a pattern of small dense villages set in a landscape that is highly evolved both aesthetically and ecologically.

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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 555 - 572
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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