Collection of Papers on Urban Development and Planning in China (1st International Conference on Urban Development and Planning in China)

Author: Editorial Committee of "Collected Papers on Urban Development and Planning in China"
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: What will the future of China and the world be like? To a significant extent, it depends on the actions of contemporary Chinese people in the process of rapid urbanization. Unfortunately or perhaps fortunately, China's rapid urbanization process coincides with numerous social, economic, and technological changes such as marketization, globalization, legalization, informatization, and motorization. In other words, the complex contradictions during the transformation period will profoundly influence or even determine the trajectory of urbanization—the path of reforming the urban planning system. In this era of information explosion, unprecedented rates of change, and confusion, facing the numerous problems, contradictions, or even crises of urbanization in China, it is undoubtedly a necessary path to ensure healthy urbanization by fully learning from and absorbing the experiences and lessons of urbanization pioneers in the world, and conducting orderly reforms of the urban planning system to avoid detours and pitfalls. In short, the success or failure of urban planning reforms during our transformation period is directly related to the health of urbanization in our country, the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society, and even the global sustainable development. The content of this book includes: campus planning under the background of globalization and informatization; system learning and innovation in urban planning design and regulatory detailed rules; the protection of urban historical and cultural heritage, the continuation and creation of distinctive features, etc.