The spatial configuration of urban landscapes results from cumulative interactions between human activities and physical environment. Traditional philosophies and cultural legacies had an important influence on urban development and planning. For example, in Seoul, traditional land use practices based on Feng Shui have significantly contributed to the patterns of landscape changes, in addition to the role of the economic development and other human activities.
The concept of Feng Shui was originally founded upon people’s empirical cognition of natural landscape patterns. Recently, however, advanced economic development, westernization and urbanization have been rapidly altering the old traditions of the holistic landscape systems through changing urban planning practices. Since the type, scale, frequency, distribution and spreading pattern of environmental and human disturbances have been changed, a new paradigm for urban landscape planning is necessary to maintain the ecological and cultural integrity of landscapes in Korea.
There are a lot of papers on the subject which treats the matter in detail. If you are interested you can search pdf files which are also free for download. As a starting point, in the ebook titled just like this post are discussed recent concepts and methods of landscape ecology and urban planning from the point of view of Feng Shui, the traditional land use patterns in Seoul, whose application has been restricted only to their traditional lands until now. In conclusion, if you want to read more about the landscape principles based on the traditional concepts of Feng Shui, the mentioned paper is recommended.
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