Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China provides an overview of the
changes in China's planning system, policy, and practices using concrete examples and …

Recent urban transformations in China have led to critical reflections on the low-quality
urban expansion in the previous decades and called for the making of vital and lively urban …

Introduction he he extent and rate of global environmental changes, whether greenhouse
gas-induced warming, deforestation, desertification, or loss in biodiversity, are driven largely …

I review several bodies of empirical urban theory relevant to the archaeological analysis of
ancient cities. Empirical theory is a type of “middle-range theory”(following Robert Merton) …

Relatively little has been written about urban conservation in China, despite the fact that it is
facing great challenges in both research and practice. It developed from a focus on …

Cities in China have exploded in size, population, and impact during the last three decades.
The combined effects of liberalization, decentralization, rapid industrialization, and …

Figure 1.1.(opposite) The physical fabric of Manhattan is ordered both by the ground plan
and the use of codes.(Source:© Joel Sartore/joelsartore. com) Cities exhibit a typical mix of …

The traditional Chinese city is undergoing an identity crisis. With the rapid development
taking place, there is growing conflict between this new building and the existing urban …

2018 IPHS Special Book Prize Award Recipient The Routledge Handbook of Planning
History offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary overview of planning history since its …

Despite increasing academic interest focused on C hinese cities, there has been relatively
little sustained theoretical and empirical engagement with critical approaches that have …