Luoyang in the northern is a water-rich area rarely found in the water-short zones in China. After the construction of Xiao Langdi Reservoir, the water table has risen several meters.
Held as a place where one of the oldest civilizations of the world prospered, Rome is where you'd get to see numerous castles, palaces, archaic edifices, fountains, squares and well-manicured parks.
It crams into the site all possible debates about the contemporary city - but crucially, it smooths them all into a flat, undifferentiated surface of interesting stuff.
The countryside is a vital but frequently overlooked category in the contemporary discourse around spatial policy, and its role with respect to the future of urbanism is more often than not neglected.