Shanghai new towns : searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis / edited by Harry den Hartog ; [essays/撰文: 姜珺 [and others] ; English translations/英语翻译: 程衡, Billy Nolan ; Chinese translations/中文翻译: 李玥, 孙田] = 上海新城 : 追寻蔓延都市里的社区和身份 / 主编, 哈利·邓·哈托格. Shanghai new towns : searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis / edited by Harry den Hartog = Shanghai xin cheng : zhui xun man yan du shi li de she qu he shen fen / zhu bian, Hali Deng Hatuoge.

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2010.

416 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm

Each year, more than 15 million Chinese leave the rural areas of China and move to the cities. This figure exceeds 300,000 in the case of Shanghai. By the time 2010 cedes to 2011, the majority of China's population will be living in the cities. "Shanghai new towns. Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis" documents and analyses the meteoric rate of urbanization of the countryside round Shanghai, most particularly the part played there by new towns and new villages. This decentralized planning model takes its cue from classic Western examples. A few pilot new towns have been developed on paper withhelp from Western designers and then adapted to suit Chinese standards. This book shows how the plans have been put into practice. Photos, essays by Chinese and Western critics and descriptions of projects illustrate what daily life looks like and how these new cities function within the Yangtze River Delta Metropolitan Area as a whole. It dwells at length on the international exchange of knowledge and the differences in method.

9789064507359 (paperback)
906450735X (paperback)

Urbanization China Shanghai.
City planning China Shanghai.
Cities and towns China Shanghai Growth.
Economic development China Shanghai.
Globalization Social aspects China Shanghai.
Urbanisation Chine Shanghai.
Villes Chine Shanghai Croissance.
Développement économique Chine Shanghai.
Mondialisation Aspect social Chine Shanghai.
Cities and towns Growth
City planning
Economic development
Globalization Social aspects
Urbanization
Stadterweiterung
Metropolregion
New Towns.
Stadsplanning.
Urbanisatie.
China Shanghai
Schanghai
(lcsh)Urbanization--China--Shanghai.
(lcsh)City planning--China--Shanghai.
(lcsh)Cities and towns--China--Shanghai--Growth.
(lcsh)Economic development--China--Shanghai.
(lcsh)Globalization--Social aspects--China--Shanghai.

Hartog, H. den.

Shanghai xin cheng
Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis
Shanghai new towns : searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis / edited by Harry den Hartog ; [essays/撰文: 姜珺 [and others] ; English translations/英语翻译: 程衡, Billy Nolan ; Chinese translations/中文翻译: 李玥, 孙田] = 上海新城 : 追寻蔓延都市里的社区和身份 / 主编, 哈利·邓·哈托格.

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Call No.: BIB 203610
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