In the past forty years, more than 3,800 new towns emerged and accommodated over 150
million urban inhabitants in China, which drew much attention since they were reported as …

Im Jahre 2020 soll es 400 „New Towns" in China geben, eine Entwicklung von beispielloser
Dimension. Einige dieser Wohnsiedlungen sind heute von fast unheimlichem Leerstand …

This article assesses the recent trend in cities across China toward building new towns, new
areas, new districts, new cities and other urbanizing projects in suburban areas. We refer to …

In recent decades, hundreds of new cities have been built in China with a notable
acceleration of this trend in the 2000s. Yet despite their numbers and variety, China's new …

Since 1978, China has experienced an unprecedented urban and economic growth under
the central government's imperative to become a global power. Whereas the central …

This interdisciplinary and discursive PhD thesis investigates how urban aesthetics and
imaginaries can actively grasp, shape, and foresee urban space-making in Mainland China …

Urbanization, a changer of the planet's demography, is giving rise to the bestiary of
urbanisms, including sustainable and smart urbanisms. Urban spaces at different spatial …

This thesis analyses the process of attraction of professionals in two Pearl River Delta cities
in the context of the economic upgrading endeavours in this Chinese region. It examines the …