Urban Vision: Games and Reflections in the New Landscape

Author: Xiang Jianxin
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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: This book is one of the earliest works in China that offers a unique perspective and reflects the competition and reflection of urban competitiveness in China through vivid case studies. The Vision of Cities—Competition and Reflection in the New Landscape is another significant work by Xiang Jianxin. The descriptions and analyses of typical cases of Chinese cities, especially those in the eastern, central, and western regions, serve as a microcosm of contemporary China's urbanization process and a of China's modernization efforts. Readers will gain an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the pulse of China's regional transformation. It can be said that this is the most comprehensive work so far that profoundly observes the transformation of Chinese cities. This book is one of the earliest works in China that offers a unique perspective and reflects the competition and reflection of urban competitiveness through vivid case studies. The book comprehensively showcases the trends of China's economic growth poles. It not only covers the well-recognized regions such as the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region but also includes the emerging growth poles that are gaining more attention, such as Northeast China. It even provides in-depth coverage of the Zhuzhou-Changsha-Xiangtan integrated economic zone, which is hailed as China's fifth economic growth pole and a pioneering experiment in China's regional economic integration. The book offers an in-depth and comprehensive insight into the pulse of China's regional transformation. It can also be said that this is the most comprehensive work so far that profoundly observes the transformation of Chinese cities.