The Xia-Shan covered market is an ideal location for a mixed-use and transit-oriented development that expands the green space network from the northwest hillside park. These approaches are described in the Transit Oriented Development and Urban & Green Space Development sections of the...

Hua-Yao village has a distinct different setting than Si-He Village. There are more and larger open spaces close to the oldest parts of the village and that these open spaces connect with the system of creeks and waterways. These open space presumably remained vacant, as these areas are too...

Si-He Village dates back to the Song Dynasty and is known as the home of the celebrated poet Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), famous for his ode to the Lotus flower. This village is an ideal site to promote waterway revitalization by making space for the retention and temporal storage of water. The...