From Comprehensive Defense to Resilient City: Strategic Conception of Shanghai's City Security in the New Normal

The trend of climate warming and deeper globalization is adding new content to urban risks in Shanghai, resulting in the adaption of traditional comprehensive defense planning to the new environment. Based on the resilient city theory, this paper proposes a transition for Shanghai from an original comprehensive defense to a resilient city vision through strategic framework and approaches from the three aspects of engineering technology, spatial defense, and social governance in the New Normal age. Meanwhile, it suggests that Shanghai should use information technology to enhance the level of risk monitoring and to improve engineering design standards; strengthen the resilience from the scales of "life circle-urban circle-municipal administrative area"; and innovate as well as improve the social safety governance.

Formation of Better Streets: Interpretation of Urban Design Guidelines for Beijing Street Regeneration and Governance

As a showcase for public well-being and urban identity, a better street should carry not only the constantly flowing traffic stream, but also diversified lifestyles and various streetscapes. Beijing is the capital of China, one of its ancient capitals, and a tier 1 international metropolis, both its street connotation and functions are extremely complex. Along with new requirements proposed in the Beijing City Master Plan(2016 – 2035) for controlling construction land, strengthening urban identity, and improving urban governance, the Urban Design Guidelines for Beijing Street Regeneration and Governance(the Guidelines) is not only an important breakthrough point for promoting urban transformation to sustainable urban regeneration and governance, but also the foundation of optimizing capital city construction and building a world-class, harmonious, and livable capital city. Taking full consideration of value orientation, technical methods, system design, and governance transformation, the Guidelines adopts five measures, including identity enhancement, coordinated design, enhancing cultural and aesthetic quality, building platforms, and managing 'stubborn diseases' – problems which have plagued people for many years and have been intensifying with years to pass, to comprehensively improve the street design and governance, in the hope of making it a real typical space that represents the image and cultural charm of the capital city.

Overview on Chinese Historic Conservation Areas and Countermeasures:Technical Analysis Based on the Application Materials of the First Chinese Historic Conservation Areas

This paper establishes two sample databases: a full sample database and a small sample database through data organization and selection on the basis of the application materials of the first Chinese historic conservation areas. Adopting both quantitative and qualitative analytical research methodologies, the paper obtains the status quo of Chinese historic conservation areas and the recently designated historic conservation areas. Based on the data analysis and the overall survey of Chinese historic cities in 2011, it proposes countermeasures for improving the protection of historic conservation areas in the future.

Strategies for Improving Public Transportation Accessibility in Beijing's Urban Regeneration from an Inclusive Perspective: Inspirations from Paris's Experience

As China’s urbanization has transformed from extensive development to "refined operation," urban regeneration is more significant. This paper analyzes changes in research perspectives of urban regeneration in recent years at home and abroad and the innovative concept of inclusive development proposed in the context of globalization, finding that the connotation of urban regeneration in European countries has been gradually enriched in order to promote social integration. Based on this, the paper examines how Paris, the first European city, combined inclusive development and urban regeneration and addressed social integration and equity in urban regeneration by taking accessibility as a key point in solving the most fundamental transportation problems. Based on lessons learned from Paris in developing a barrier-free transportation system, it proposes specific optimization strategies at the micro level in accordance with the status quo of public transportation accessibility in Beijing’s urban regeneration.

Evolution of China's Accessibility Standard System and International Experience

This paper summarizes the evolution of China’s accessibility standard system and its driving forces since the reform and opening-up was introduced in 1978,divides it into several stages based on social and economic development,and further analyzes its development trend in the context of standardization reforms.Then,it critically reviews the characteristics of China’s current accessibility standard system and problems encountered during the implementation process.Finally,it proposes suggestions for the development of China’s accessibility standard system in the new era by drawing on domestic and international experience.

Spirit of Mountain Cities: Recalling Mr.Huang Guangyu's Theories About Eco-Planning of Mountain Cities

This paper reviews Mr. Huang Guangyu's major ideas on the eco-planning of mountain cities. The primary principle is that the spatial structure of a mountain city must adapt to its eco-environmental characteristics. The primary foundation is evaluating the natural eco-environments' suitability of a mountain city and integrating urban development with the spatio-temporal pattern of ecological resources. The non-construction land has to be scientifically planned because it is closely related to the ecological security of a mountain city and affects the quality of urban settlements. The working methodology is a multi-disciplinary collaboration and integration, as well as all-round thinking through a combination of theoretical research and practice. These theories have been put into effect in the planning projects by Huang and have had far-reaching impact. In brief, they can be regarded as the spirit of mountain cities.

Re-understanding the Role of City Master Planning in the Spatial Planning System

Holding a dominant position in the spatial planning system at the city level, a city master plan should be able to guide both long-term strategies and short-term planning implementation, while taking into account both resource conservation and urban-rural development and coordinating multi-government power and interests of various stakeholders. In the future, city master planning should keep its advanced nature and must follow the principles of being people-oriented, paying equal attention to both development quality and quantity, promoting diversified development, and containing multiple driving forces for development.

Green Eco-District Regulatory Plan Decision Tool–Carbon Accounting Standard Protocol

Green eco-district planning and construction occupies a very important position in China's future low carbon urbanization roadmap because the experience gained through practice will provide cities with a technical pathway to manage climate change and reduce carbon emissions. However, during the current preparation and implementation stage of the green eco-district plans, both the planning management departments and planning design institutes are faced with the problem of how to quantify the greenhouse gases(GHG) emissions, especially the CO_2 emissions, when approval decisions are to be made. Aiming at setting up a carbon accounting protocol within the statutory framework of China's green eco-district planning and construction management system, this paper argues that it is important to incorporate the GHG emission inventory into the statutory regulatory planning system, and discusses the technical issues and coping measures for assessing carbon emissions at the district level. It proposes to refine the Activity Data(AD) and Emission Factors(EF) in the current China's National GHG Inventory and set up the urban district carbon accounting protocol based on nine sectors. These nine emission accounting sectors are established according to the key policy and function as defined in the statutory local regulatory plans under the present planning system in Chinese cities. Taking planning and construction management at the district level as a platform to control carbon emissions, it develops an initial carbon accounting protocol suitable for China's green eco-districts which can be applied in both the existing and planned urban areas, and be integrated into the decision making process of the local planning process.

Introduction to Contemporary Chinese Historic Preservation and Urban Conservation Reader

Contemporary Chinese Historic Preservation and Urban Conservation Reader Chief Editor:Zhang Song Year:2016 Publisher:China Architecture and Building Press ISBN:9787112174775(330 pages,in Chinese)At the First Urban Design Conference held at Harvard University in 1956,facing the phenomena of urban expansion,city center recession,and so on after World War Ⅱ,many attendees were confidently looking forward to creating a new environment and a new

Urban Design in Contemporary China: Consensus and Contention

Contemporary China has seen a fragmented and tortuous urban design development process with frequent interactions with other countries and it is impossible to adopt a linear thinking in relevant historical studies. This paper starts with controversies over urban design in contemporary China and reaches a conclusion that two differentiated development paths exist, i.e., technology and value. Based on the two paths, the paper analyzes four urban design ideas, design of physical form, comprehensive design of the environment, control of design, and design of policy, and summarizes the characteristics and evolution mechanism of these ideas. It attempts to establish an evolution framework of urban design, so as to provide a reference for its localization in China against the backdrop of globalization.

“Brown Earth-Work”:A New Landscape Paradigm and Research Approach for Brownfields Regeneration

Landscape architecture is one of the leading disciplines in tackling the challenges of brownfi elds regeneration,as open spaces are favored by regeneration projects as the end use.Among the many disciplines involved in brownfields regeneration efforts,the two key disciplines that have impacts on the physical and spatial quality of brownfi eld sites are landscape architecture and environmental engineering.However,in current brownfi elds regeneration practice in China,there is a lack of collaboration between the two disciplines and it is urgent to elaborate the coupling mechanism between environmental remediation and landscape design.In response,the concept of"Brown Earth-Work"is proposed,which emphasizes the physical and spatial dimensions of"contamination"in brownfi eld sites.By identifying the key spatial and environmental elements in brownfi elds regeneration,Brown Earth-Work can serve as a common basis for closer dialogues and collaborations between the disciplines of landscape architecture and environmental engineering during the process.

Development Characteristics and Mechanism of Taobao Vil ages in Jiangsu Province Under E-Commerce Economy

With the e-commerce economy spreading to rural areas,Taobao villages in Jiangsu Province present a rapid development trend.This paper firstly summarizes the general development situation of Taobao villages in Jiangsu Province from the three aspects of quantity,product types,and spatial distribution.Then it analyzes the specific development characteristics of different product-based Taobao villages.Finally,from the four angles of industry bases,ecommerce platforms,e-commerce businessmen groups,and logistics support,it explores the driving mechanism of Taobao villages in Jiangsu Province and points out that more and more villages will be involved in the Internet revolution along with the further development of Internet and e-commerce.

Exploration of the PIPP Financing Model in Brownfield Remediation

Lack of adequate and affordable financing is the most significant obstacle to brownfield remediation.This paper identifies the financing barriers of PPP(Public-Private Partnership)model to brownfi eld reuse,develops a PIPP(Public Intermediary Private Partnerships)fi nancing model,and discusses its operating mechanism and component elements from the aspects of its driving force,participation forms,and profi tability.Accordingly,it puts forward the specifi c operating plan and safeguard measures of the PIPP fi nancing model in brownfi eld remediation in China.

Chinese City Size Ranking: A Comparative Study of the Urban Built-Up Area Based on Remote Sensing Data

Without a clear and unified definition of the urban built-up area, many city rankings by area are inconsistent, giving rise to confusion among the general public and even scholars. This paper summarizes various definitions of the urban built-up area and proposes three definition methods: all urban built-up areas in a municipal administrative area, concentrated contiguous built-up areas, and urban built-up areas in central cities. From the latest Landsat 8 satellite images, the paper obtains the data of urban built-up area in some of China’s big cities and makes a comparative study between the results of the urban built-up areas by the three definition methods and three other common statistical data. It finds that neither the area data nor the ranking is consistent. Finally, it further explores what causes differences in rankings and gives some advice for improving the definition of the urban built-up area.

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China’s Urban Planning Development Report(2017–2018)Editor:Chinese Society for Urban Studies Year:2018Publisher:China Architecture&Building Press ISBN:9787112223688(439 pages,in Chinese).

Development of Basic Rules in Urban Planning Practices in Shenzhen

With urban development,urban planning has progressively evolved from an ideal spatial blueprint to a comprehensive urban governance policy.Planning rules,as a comprehensive mechanism to facilitate urban governance and planning implementation,have gradually changed from being a postposition measure to guarantee urban planning implementation to being a significant prerequisite to guide the improvement of planning technology(management) methodologies.From the public-oriented,ecology-oriented,and synergy-oriented perspectives,this paper reviews Shenzhen's practical explorations on design rules,management rules,and compilation rules and proposes several thoughts on improving the rules.

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Housing Mode Selection and Intervention Policy of China’s Housing SectorAuthor:Liang Bin Year:2016Publisher:Economic Science Press ISBN:9787514164152(296 pages,in Chinese)This book studies China’s housing mode selection and the policies that the Chinese government made to intervene in the real estate market,such as the macro-control of the real estate market nd housing security policies.