Remaking Chinese Urban Form: Modernity, Scarcity and Space, 1949-2005

ISBN-13: 9780415354509 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 216 str.

Duanfang Lu

Opis

In this pioneering study of contemporary Chinese urban form, Duanfang Lu provides an analysis of how Chinese society constructed itself through the making and remaking of its built environment. She shows that as China s quest for modernity created a perpetual scarcity as both a social reality and a national imagination, the realization of planning ideals was postponed. The work unit the socialist enterprise or institute gradually developed from workplace to social institution which integrated work, housing and social services. The Chinese city achieved a unique geography made up in large part of self-contained work units.

Remaking Chinese Urban Form provides an important reference for academics and students conducting research on China. It will be a key source for courses on Asia in architecture, urban planning, geography, sociology and anthropology, at both the graduate and undergraduate level. The insightful yet accessible introduction to urban China will also be of interest to architects, urban designers and planners as well as general audience who wish to learn about contemporary Chinese society."

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Socialist Space, Postcolonial Time  Part I: China Modern  2. The Neighbourhood Unit in China: The Travel of a Global Urban Form  3. Work Unit Modernism  Part II: Urban Dreams  4. The Socialist Production of Space: Planning, Urban Contradictions, and the Politics of Consumption in Beijing, 1949-1965  5. Modernity as Utopia: Planning the People's Commune, 1958-1960  Part III: Shifting Boundaries  6. The Latency of Tradition: From the City Wall to the Unit Wall  7. The New Frontier: Urban Space and Everyday Practice in the Reform Era  8. Epilogue

O autorze

Duanfang Lu is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Sydney, Australia.