LI Xiaoxi, ZHANG Ye

Keywords： Historico-Geographical Approach (Conzenian approach); Configurational Approach; Spatial Potential; Historic Urban Area; Organic Regeneration; Laochengnan, Nanjing

Abstract：

Under the aim of conserving and revitalizing historical urban areas, by combining the historico-geographical and configurational approaches, this paper has established a framework of identifying the multi-hierarchy of urban plots and evaluating their spatial potentials based on their historical expressiveness and socio-economic vitality. Two historic urban areas in Laochengnan, Nanjng are taken as an example for empirical study. Urban plots with different spatial potentials are identified as a result and suggestions for conserving and revitalizing strategies are provided correspondingly. This paper provides a morphological perspective for evaluating their outstanding values, contributes to the efforts of combining and coordinating different morphological schools in urban morphology and of synergizing between conservation and revitalization in historic urban areas.

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