Publication

2019 - de Gruyter GmbH, Walter

Language

English

Word Count

60,000 words, Guess

Page Count

240 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139783035617658
  • ISBN-103035617651
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018966363
  • OCLC Control Number1090078292
  • Better World Books9783035617658
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCHT147.C6 C58 2019

Description

By 2020, some 400 Chinese new towns will have been built, representing an unprecedented urban growth. While some of these massive developments are still empty today, others have been rather successful. The substantial effort on the part of the Chinese government is to absorb up to 250 million people, chiefly migrants from the rural parts of the country. Unlike in Europe and North America, where new towns grew in accordance to the local industries, these new Chinese cities are mostly built to the point of near completion before introducing people. The interdisciplinary publication, written by architects, planners and geographers, explores the new urbanistic phenomenon of the "Chinese New Town". Especially commissioned photographs and maps illustrate these new settlements in Tonfzhou, Zhaoqing, and Zheng-dong.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • City after Chinese New Townsde Gruyter GmbH, Walter2019-01-01

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