Developing a Resilient XiChong

Master thesis (2021)

Authors

K. Qi Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

S. Nijhuis Landscape Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
D.A. Sepulveda Carmona Spatial Planning and Strategy - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
Copyright: © 2021 Kailun Qi
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Published Date

28-06-2021

Language

English

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Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Xichong is located in the southeast of Shenzhen on the Dapeng Peninsula. Xichong Beach is the longest and most popular beach in Shenzhen. The landscape structure of Xichong shows a gradation from the sea to the mountains. The beach is located on the sea, followed by dunes. Windbreaks stand on the dunes to resist high winds. Further in is the agricultural landscape, including fish ponds and cultivated land. Then comes the historical Hakka villages nestled at the foot of the mountain, and finally the forest on the mountains.
Two external pressures are being posed on xichong. One is rapid and uncontrolled expansion of tourism; the other is climate change such as hurricanes, storms, and sea-level rise. Overall, Xichong is in a phase of rapid territory transformation. The disorderly expansion of tourism, urbanization, and rigorous coastal climate change leads to inadequacy of traditional culture, water sensitivity absence, and ecology decline, gradually showing an unsustainable development trend.