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A visibility-based approach to manage the vertical urban development and maintain visual sustainability of urban mountain landscapes: A case of Mufu Mountain in Nanjing, China

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  • Guanting Zhang
  • Shi Cheng
  • Yuan Gao
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China has experienced a continuous population increase in urban areas over the last few decades with limited land for construction, which has prompted upward growth in the urban environment. Rapid urbanization has encroached on mountain landscapes and deteriorated the visual landscape in different parts of China. This study aims to investigate and analyze the proper balance between visual landscape protection of urban mountains and vertical urban development using a visibility-based method. An interactive and quantitative method was developed in this research using multiple digital 2D and 3D platforms based on the specification of prohibited spaces for constructive expansion in building height control. A metropolitan area near Mufu Mountain in Nanjing, China, was selected as a case study to implement the proposed method and simulate multiple vertical urban development scenarios. According to the comparison of different scenarios, there is a better building height layout to simultaneously satisfy the requirement of sustaining the Mufu mountain’s visibility and the construction capacity proposed by the documented plan. Two polynomial models were generated to quantitatively investigate the relationship between the protection of mountain landscapes and vertical urban development and served as a reference basis for urban planners to formulate the construction volume control strategy around Mufu Mountain. The proposed method in this study can help planners and urban managers to seek an appropriate approach to control building heights and achieve visual sustainability.

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  • Guanting Zhang & Shi Cheng & Yuan Gao, 2024. "A visibility-based approach to manage the vertical urban development and maintain visual sustainability of urban mountain landscapes: A case of Mufu Mountain in Nanjing, China," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 51(2), pages 384-400, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:51:y:2024:i:2:p:384-400
    DOI: 10.1177/23998083231177058
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