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dc.coverage.spatialCreation Site: Datong, Shanxi, China, Asia,en_US
dc.coverage.temporalJune 2009 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGilchrist, Scotten_US
dc.date2009en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-25T17:19:34Z
dc.date.available2013-09-25T17:19:34Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.identifier235793en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2523en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/143528
dc.descriptionHeavy truck loaded with coal; coal mining is Datong's main industry; A prefecture-level city in northern Shanxi Province of North China, located a few hundred kilometres west by rail from Beijing with an elevation of 1,040 metres (3,410 ft). It has a population of 3,318,057 at the 2010 census of whom 1,447,150 live in the built up area made of 3 out of 4 urban districts (City, Mining and Nanjiao). The town was founded as Píngchéng in 200 BCE during the Han Dynasty. It was important on the trade route into Mongolia and was capital of several northern dynasties. The city was renamed Datong in 1048 CE. The Yungang Grottoes are 16 km west of Datong. Datong is an old fashioned coal mining city but is trying to develop "substitute industries" such as machinery manufacturing, tourism and distribution, warehousing and logistics services. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/1/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumdigital imagesen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcityscapeen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectgenreen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjecturban renewalen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleDatong Area: Topographic Viewsen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CH-D-TVD-A48en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniquephotographyen_US
vra.worktypetopographical viewen_US
vra.worktypephotographen_US
dc.contributor.displayScott Gilchrist (Canadian photographer, born 1960)en_US


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