{"id":425078,"date":"2026-08-21T00:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19631_item&#038;p=425078"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:16:47","slug":"green-space-in-macau-comparative-analyses-and-suggestions-for-new-reclamation-areas","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19631_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/student-thesis-dissertation\/green-space-in-macau-comparative-analyses-and-suggestions-for-new-reclamation-areas\/","title":{"rendered":"GREEN SPACE IN MACAU: COMPARATIVE ANALYSES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW RECLAMATION AREAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;CANTONESE OPERA (CO) REPRESENTS AN ART FORM THAT HAD ITS GOLDEN TIME IN MACAO DURING THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY. CO STILL HAS MANY LOYAL FANS BUT THEY MAINLY ARE IN THE OLDER GENERATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXPLORE IF CO IS CONSIDERED A CULTURAL CAPITAL HERITAGE IN MACAO, RELATED TO CULTURAL IDENTITY AND TRANSMITTED ACROSS GENERATIONS TO SUPPORT SOCIAL BONDING. APPLYING A QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY, A SCRIPT FOR EXPLORING PARTICIPANTS\u2019 EXPERIENCES AND OPINIONS ABOUT CO WAS DESIGNED, AND DIFFERENT GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WERE RECRUITED FOR SEMI-STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS AND FOCUS GROUPS. THE DATA COLLECTED WAS ANALYSED BY A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE VERBATIM TRANSCRIPTS.\u00a0 FINDINGS SHOW THAT IN THE PAST FIRST CONTACTS WITH CO HAPPENED IN FAMILY AND RELATED SOCIAL CONTEXT, MAINLY DURING PARTICIPANTS\u2019 DEVELOPING AGE. HOWEVER, CURRENTLY CO IS NO LONGER PASSED ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. DESPITE THAT THE YOUNG GENERATIONS ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR CULTURAL IDENTITIES IN CO, MAINLY IN TERMS OF CANTONESE CULTURE AND CANTONESE LANGUAGE, OLDER INDIVIDUALS ENGAGED WITH CO SEEMED TO PERCEIVE THEIR CULTURAL IDENTITIES MORE IN DEPTH IN ITS HISTORY, LITERACY AND MUSIC. ACTUALLY, ENGAGEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT GENERATES SOCIAL BONDS. THE CO LEISURE PRACTITIONERS, NO MATTER YOUNG OR OLD, EXPERIENCED THE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL BONDING DURING THE RITUAL OF ENQUIRY IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING AND PRACTISING CO.\u00a0 TO IMPROVE CO\u2019S PRESERVATION IN MACAO, THE ADOPTION OF STRATEGIES SUCH AS DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTIONS, CROSSOVER WITH OTHER MEDIA, INNOVATIONS IN PROMOTION TARGETING THE YOUNG AUDIENCES, AND ABSORBING AUDIENCES IN THE GREAT BAY AREA WERE PROPOSED. FINALLY, THE POTENTIAL USE OF CO AS A TOOL IN COUNSELLING AND COMMUNITY WORK IS DISCUSSED. &#8220;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-425078","tnc_col_19631_item","type-tnc_col_19631_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19912-environmental-science-and-management","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-institute-of-science-and-environment","tnc_tax_19659-master-thesis","tnc_tax_19651-master"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 2 \u9031 ago","modified":"Updated 1 \u9031 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 21 8 \u6708, 2026 12:38 \u4e0a\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 12:16 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19912":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/programme\/environmental-science-and-management\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19912","name":"PROGRAMME"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19765":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19765","name":"SUPERVISOR(S)"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/institute-of-science-and-environment\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/master-thesis\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">THESIS &amp; DISSERTATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"},"tnc_tax_19651":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/degree-level\/master\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">MASTER<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19651","name":"DEGREE LEVEL"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19631_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431336,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19631_item\/425078\/revisions\/431336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}