In the modern period, the role of cosmology has changed in city planning following the advancement in technology and change in people preferences. However, city planning in China in the modern period integrates both cosmological concepts and new technology concepts. Some of the early cosmic axes such as axis mundi are still in use even in the modern China city planning. The role of cosmology has greatly changed leading to some innovations in some of the cities in China. An outstanding example is the reshaping of the urban form of Republican Beijing (Dong 22). New national politics of both cultural identity and nationalism affected cosmology role very much. The use of symbolic images, paintings and culture are still in use in the modern times making the role of cosmology to be felt in extend though not very much (Dong 2).
Following modernization, new priorities in city building have emerged in the modern times. Taking the example of China, the priorities of architect building have focused their priorities to directly modern buildings. The priorities today have shifted to modern lifestyles, the art, architecture and music. In addition, the urge to be like other modern cities in the world is another key issue that has driven China to come up with modern cities (Xu 234). As a result, it has come up with so many new cities and towers that are common in Chicago and New York. The cultural interests and preferences have changed following globalization making nations to rethink on their old ways of city building in the modern world. This has made countries to change their old traditional city building techniques in order to match with those of other developed nations in the modern time (Guderjan 122).
Works Cited
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Guderjan, Thomas H. The Nature of an Ancient Maya City Resources, Interaction, and Power at Blue Creek, Belize. Tuscaloosa: U of Alabama, 2007. Print.
Xu, Yinong. The Chinese City in Space and Time: The Development of Urban Form in Suzhou. Honolulu: U of Hawai'i, 2000. Print.
