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China stands out among recently urbanized societies for the planned physicality of its rural–urban transformation — the extensive marshaling of labor, capital and material resources to remake its cities and to transform rural land and communities into new, formal urban space. In China, the “rural” and the “urban” are distinguished in deeply dichotomous institutions of government, and peri-urbanization,...
Charrettes have become popular in the urban design field, especially for use among multidisciplinary teams of professionals and non-professional community stakeholders seeking to incorporate a rich array of expertise in short visioning activities. Geographic Information Systems are among the technologies with potential to provide sophisticated spatial information to charrette participants efficiently...
The redevelopment of Chinese cities is a rapidly evolving game, in which both rules and roles shift with dizzying speed. The preceding article by Professor Lu Junhua raises the fundamental issues facing the redevelopment of inner-city neighborhoods. In particular, she outlines the impact of the emerging land market. For readers not familiar with the Chinese context, however, some extra background...
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