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Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 : 9789211312928
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Metropolitan Planning and Management in the Developing World: Shanghai and Guangzhou, China written by and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 1995 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 : 9789211313468
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Regional Development Planning and Management of Urbanization written by United Nations Centre for Human Settlements and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Laurence J.C. Ma
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134316097
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)
Download or read book Restructuring the Chinese City written by Laurence J.C. Ma and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sea of change has occurred in China since the 1978 economic reforms. Bringing together the work of leading scholars specializing in urban China, this book examines what has happened to the Chinese city undergoing multiple transformations during the reform era, with an emphasis on new processes of urban formation and the consequent reconstituted urban spaces. With arguments against the convergence thesis that sees cities everywhere becoming more Western in form and suggestions that the Chinese city is best seen as a multiplex city, Restructuring the Chinese City is an indispensable text for Chinese specialists, urban scholars and advanced students in urban geography, urban planning and China studies.
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Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 : 9789211317497
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Cities-engines of Economic Development written by and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2005 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : UN-HABITAT
ISBN 13 : 9789211316926
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (169 download)
Download or read book The Future of Cities written by and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2003 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tai-Chee Wong
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319152572
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Population Mobility, Urban Planning and Management in China written by Tai-Chee Wong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains essays that examine contemporary urban and regional planning and development in China. Through in-depth theoretical and empirical analysis, it provides insights into the urban policies and operational mechanisms of this colossal transitional economy which has presented unprecedented challenges and dynamics. Inside, readers will discover the causes and consequences of rapid urbanization that have led to a series of environmental, economic and social planning and management measures designed to achieve quality urban living. The essays also detail efforts in adopting the latest options in city building such as specific urban planning approaches in developing large city regions, building cities without slums, constructing new townships and green urbanism, including eco-city and sustainable transport. In addition, coverage explores financial management and support as a means to encourage urbanization and urban economic growth in less-developed regions. Overall, the volume offers a wealth of concrete, detailed information on conditions in different regions of China and features an extensive range of content, methods and theory. It provides readers with a comprehensive portrait of the chain relationship between rapid urbanization, spatial planning and management throughout the country. The book will serve as a useful reference for national and international consultancy services doing business or serving public interest in China. It will also be of interest to an international audience seeking a better understanding of urban development and planning in China, including university teachers, students, government agencies and general readers.
Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : Chinese University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622016675
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Shanghai written by Yue-man Yeung and published by Chinese University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China's largest city best known for its pre-eminent achievements in the early part of the twentieth century, Shanghai grew modestly in comparison with southern China after the adoption of China's open policy in 1978. With the 1990 announcement of Pudong as an area for special development, Shanghai has raced ahead, seemingly on its way to an economic and cultural resurgence that is likely to accelerate development and modernization in the Yangzi Delta and China at large. This volume focuses on the physical and socioeconomic transformation of Shanghai across a wide range of topics. Drawing on the experience and expertise of researchers primarily in Hong Kong, this study is a major contribution to the subject of economic development and social change in China. It seeks to understand, analyze and interpret how Shanghai has transformed itself in recent years.
Author : Yue-man Yeung
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824862678
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book Globalization and Networked Societies written by Yue-man Yeung and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-07-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world in the last two decades of the twentieth century fundamentally and radically changed at a speed and on a scale never before witnessed. The challenge posed at the beginning of the third millennium is enormous for governments and people the world over. Globalization, along with globalism, continues its unrelenting and accelerating march as it draws more countries, cities, and people closer into interdependent relationships. Globalization and Networked Societies attempts to tease out some of the salient elements of this process, especially as it has affected urban centers in Pacific Asia over the past twenty years. Globalization and rapid economic growth have transformed the region and its cities on varied spatial scales, bringing new opportunities and challenges for governments, the private sector, and individuals. All countries in Pacific Asia are covered in this work, with special attention given to Hong Kong and to China, a late bloomer in the Asia scene but nevertheless one that has experienced phenomenal growth and accelerated globalization in recent decades. The empirical analyses reveal the outcome, dilemmas, and meanings of globalization in the urban-regional scene.
Author : Fulong Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135078777
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Planning for Growth written by Fulong Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China provides an overview of the changes in China’s planning system, policy, and practices using concrete examples and informative details in language that is accessible enough for the undergraduate but thoroughly grounded in a wealth of research and academic experience to support academics. It is the first accessible text on changing urban and regional planning in China under the process of transition from a centrally planned socialist economy to an emerging market in the world. Fulong Wu, a leading authority on Chinese cities and urban and regional planning, sets up the historical framework of planning in China including its foundation based on the proactive approach to economic growth, the new forms of planning, such as the ‘strategic spatial plan’ and ‘urban cluster plans’, that have emerged and stimulated rapid urban expansion and transformed compact Chinese cities into dispersed metropolises. And goes on to explain the new planning practices that began to pay attention to eco-cities, new towns and new development areas. Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China demonstrates that planning is not necessarily an ‘enemy of growth’ and plays an important role in Chinese urbanization and economic growth. On the other hand, it also shows planning’s limitations in achieving a more sustainable and just urban future.
Author : Jieming Zhu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000711625
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Urban Development in China under the Institution of Land Rights written by Jieming Zhu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have the development and redevelopment of China’s cities since the early 1950s transformed the settlements and fortunes of a fifth of the world’s population? Rapid urbanization since the 1980s has changed the nation from a rural society to an urban one, marking it as one of the most significant transformations in history. As a country with severe land scarcity, land resources are intensively contested for during urbanization under the new regime of marketization. This book focuses on the impact of the institution of land rights that have transitioned from private ownership to socialist state ownership, and subsequently to public land leasing in the urban domain, and to collective ownership in rural areas. In the context of defining the relationship between the state and the market, the gradualist transition of land rights gives rise to intriguing processes of place-making. The elaboration of these processes will engage several revealing conceptual notions: land as a means of production, land commodification, ambiguous land rights, incomplete land rights, trading land use rights for land development rights, institutional uncertainty, land rent seeking and dissipating, local developmental state, danwei-enterprises, and more. The newly created landed interests are embedded intricately within the urban spatial structure. This book would especially be of interest to scholars interested in developmental economics, urban planning, geography, public policies, public management, and sociology, and also practitioners focusing on development and planning.
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Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book The Horizon DAT written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Meine Pieter van Dijk
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Managing Cities in Developing Countries written by Meine Pieter van Dijk and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban management is a relatively new topic, which has gained increasing importance due to a rise in urbanization and a wave of decentralization programs in recent decades. This innovative book is the first systematic treatment of the critical urban management issues facing developing countries. The volume brings together a number of theoretical approaches and practical experiences in order to study the economic and financial aspects of urban management. The author argues that urban managers have to make their cities more competitive via the new opportunities provided by decentralization, and suggests that the formulation of a development strategy and the use of elements from new public management theory will improve urban governance and service delivery. In addition, emphasis is placed on the importance of involving different stakeholders, which will lead to an integrated analysis of urban problems and, therefore, integrated solutions. Related issues such as urban environmental sustainability and the role of modern information technology are also explored in detail. The book concludes with a review of the emerging new themes at the forefront of contemporary urban management studies. This important new volume will be an essential resource for students, scholars and practitioners with an interest in urban planning, development and management.
Author : Jianfa Shen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319464213
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)
Download or read book Development and Planning in Seven Major Coastal Cities in Southern and Eastern China written by Jianfa Shen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the recent growth of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Hong Kong, seven major Chinese coastal cities. The authors detail theoretical mechanisms, spatial and non-spatial models of development, all while exploring possible directions to sustainability. They also look at how these cities have developed over the last 30 years, from the late 1970s to the 21st century. Each has its own unique background, regional and national positions, advantages, and functions. Using diversified approaches and measurements for each city, the authors argue that structural changes are necessary to achieve much needed sustainable development. The book covers developmental issues such as the regaining of central city and global city statuses, the role of governments in steering development, and achieving goals through mega projects, urban competitiveness, positioning, and branding. Including varied assessment and intense suggestions for structural changes, this book addresses core concerns for the sustainable growth of these metropolises. A valuable book for students, researchers and policy makers.
Download or read book Enhancing Resource Allocation to Urban Development in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report draws on the main papers, discussions and recommendations of the African Regional Seminar on Enhancing Resource Allocation to Cities to Strengthen their Role as Engines of Economic Growth and Development - convened by the Urban Economy and Finance Branch of UN-HABITAT and held in Nairobi on 2-3 November 2005. The report sheds light on the required measures to enhance resource allocation for accelerating urban development in Africa.
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Publisher : Un-habitat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Urban-rural Linkages Approach to Sustainable Development written by and published by Un-habitat. This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jiang Xu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135229139
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Governance and Planning of Mega-City Regions written by Jiang Xu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a comparative treatment and examination of how new approaches in governance and planning are reshaping mega-city regions around the world. The contributors highlight how European mega-city regions are evolving and strategic intervention redefined to enable the integration of urban qualities in a multi-level governance environment, how traditional federal countries in North America and Australia see the promise of major policies and development initiatives finally moving ahead to herald a more strategic intervention at national and regional scales, and how transitional economies in China witness the rise of state strategies to control the articulation of scales and to reassert the functional importance of state in a growing diffused power context.
Author : Stephen Hamnett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136639276
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Planning Asian Cities written by Stephen Hamnett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Hamnett and Dean Forbes have brought together some of the region’s most distinguished urbanists to explore the planning history and recent development of Pacific Asia’s major cities. They show how globalization, and the competition to achieve global city status, has had a profound effect on all these cities. But how resilient are these cities to the risks that they face? How can they manage continuing pressures for development and growth while reducing their vulnerability to a range of potential crises? And, given the tradition of top-down, centralized, state-directed planning which drove the economic growth of many of these cities in the last century, what prospects are there of them becoming more inclusive and sensitive to the diverse needs of their populations and to the importance of culture, heritage and local places in creating liveable cities?
