Inter-Firm Linkages:Distribution Network of Patent Consulting Businesses in Cities of the Yangtze River Delta

Corporate-based networks have provided an important lens for the understanding of regional configuration,but the sole focus on intrafirm linkages limited the revealing of the whole picture of a region.In this regard,this study centers at the inter-firm linkages in the Yangtze River Delta,and employs the data concerning business interactions between patent consulting companies and their clients to supplement the analysis on the urban network in the region.The results show that the local administrative power represented by provincial government is still decisive in determining the economic relations among enterprises.Provincial capital cities including Nanjing,Hangzhou,and Hefei occupy the center positions of the regional network,while Shanghai,due to its lack of administrative hinterland,fails to show significant centralized functions.A comparative analysis on urban network from multiple perspectives shows that although the Yangtze River Delta region presents the characteristics of a flat spatial structure in certain fields,significant administrative constraints are still observed in the advanced producer service functions,demonstrating a distinctive feature of market division in the region.By employing new data,this study introduces a new lens for the research on urban network,and,to a certain extent,achieves a breakthrough in the existing theoretical framework of related research.

Functional Spatial Pattern of the Yangtze River Delta Region Based on the B2B E-Commerce Enterprise Network

With the increasing impact of globalization and informatization,the functional spatial pattern of the Yangtze River Delta,being reshaped by the new economy led by"Internet Plus,"is becoming more complicated.Hence,the study on the spatial pattern of e-commerce has much practical significance.Considering that B2 B e-commerce is a typical representative of the e-commerce economy currently in China,this paper analyzes the B2 B e-commerce enterprise network and explores whether the globalization and informatization processes have brought about a new spatial pattern in the Yangtze River Delta,to improve its spatial structure recognition.It is found that:(1)the status of Shanghai and Yiwu as two cores of the network has become prominent,while the status of Nanjing and Ningbo as traditional network centers has been weakened;(2)the regional axis has changed,with the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Yiwu axis rising and the traditional economic corridors such as the Shanghai-Nanjing axis and the Hangzhou-Ningbo axis being weakened;(3)the core area of the network connection has expanded,with the Jinhua-Yiwu region and the WenzhouTaizhou region becoming areas with close connections.

1990年代以来健康社区研究与实践进展评述

Under the strategic concept of“Healthy China,”communities are not only basic units to compose a healthy city,but also main bodies to fulfill the goal of“health for all”and healthy city development.Since the end of the last century,healthy community research and related practice have seen rapid development in both China and abroad.This paper systematically reviews and compares the concepts,theories,and practices related to healthy community since the 1990s,and analyzes the influencing factors and their acting paths of healthy community in terms of healthy housing,healthy environment,healthy neighborhood,and health services.In the end,the paper points out the main problems in healthy community research and practice and proposes development prospects.It suggests that in the future,efforts should be made to further strengthen the interdisciplinary and cross-level collaboration for healthy community,improve the systematic study on the influencing mechanism of healthy community,enhance the exploration of the whole-process implementation mechanism,and promote the research and construction of intelligent healthy community.

农村宅基地改革需求下的大农业地区村庄规划方法研究——以哈尔滨为例

Farmers'homesteads reform is an important measure to improve land use efficiency and achieve high-quality development of villages.And village planning under the background of territorial and spatial planning is one of the important ways to implement this measure.In Harbin,the large-scale agricultural development is an obvious characteristic of its rural areas.With the rapid agricultural modernization and industrialization of Harbin,the rural population is constantly migrating with a large amount of rural land is left idle,and the phenomenon of“hollow village”in rural areas gets increasingly serious.Therefore,it is urgent to carry out the reform of the homestead system to integrate resources and promote the land use efficiency.Responding to the characteristic of rural development in Harbin,this paper suggests to implement the homestead reform through village planning.Balancing the benefits of the country,the collectives,and farmers,it proposes to restrict the size of homestead through the control method with two planning lines,i.e.,the homestead control line of the village and the single-family homestead control line.What's more,the paper also suggests to replan the saved land and explore multiple ways of land use in large-scale agricultural areas.

空间共享与共享空间——来自南京的案例研究

Sharing practices are emerging phenomena in the 21st century.The existing literature mainly focuses on sharing practices such as sharing economy,bike-sharing schemes,food sharing,and co-housing regarding the social,cultural,political,and organizational dimensions,while space sharing has been under-investigated.By taking a qualitative case study approach,this paper mainly examined the socio-spatial dimensions of sharing practices through the lens of sharing urban public spaces by neighborhood residents.To better understand how shared spaces are formed and how shared spaces facilitate sharing activities,a public space in a historic neighborhood in Nanjing was selected as a case.Taking account of a specific urban context,the research aimed to understand place-based sharing practices in as many ways as possible.The research findings revealed that the appropriate physical conditions of the public space are the prerequisites for space sharing.In turn,space-sharing practices could enhance the sense of community and social cohesion.However,some negative effects,such as homogeneity in social groups and privatization of the public space were identified as well.The implications for policy-making and planning practice were also provided.

A Pluralistic and Participatory Community Governance Model for Urban China in the Era of Economic and Spatial Restructuring

As China’s socio-economic development is entering into a transitioning era,urban residents’demands are becoming more diversified,complicated,and fragmented.Ought to address issues regarding community environmental renovation,infrastructure and facilities constructions,and efficient public service supplies,measures should be adopted to adjust the urban community governance model in China to face emergent challenges.Against this background,this paper argues that the"participating actors,""community management and organization framework,""related laws,regulations,and policies,"and"resources allocation and management"are the four crucial dimensions in urban community governance.We then adopted these four underpinnings as the theoretical framework to unravel the complex dynamics of community governance in contemporary urban China.This paper argues that the current community governance system falls short in accommodating the growing demands of community development due to"ambiguity of participating actors,""excessive administrative intervention on community management,""insufficient legislation supports,"and a"deficiency in financing management system."Therefore,this paper argues that through the pluralization of public participation,diversification of community organization modes,and the enhancement of participation accessibility,community governance performance in urban China could be drastically improved.Therefore,a pluralistic and participatory community governance model is proposed in this paper to provide additional policy implications for community governance in urban China.

Space Gene

Based on typo-morphological studies,this paper proposes the concept of “space gene” from the perspective of urban spatial development theory.Specifically,space gene refers to a unique and relatively stable pattern of spatial organization formed as a result of long-term interaction among the three dimensions:urban space,natural environment,and socio-culture.It conveys distinctive characteristics of different regions and contributes to a unique city identity and a harmonious relationship among the three dimensions.This paper points out that urban planning and design can be localized through the identification-analysis-guidance process of space genes,avoiding both the design scheme that does not respect culture and nature and the practice that a unified model is adopted to create same images in different cities,as well as prompting the directional turn of urban planning and design approaches from space form creation to space gene analysis.It provides an effective design path for a win-win result among urban development,natural protection,and cultural inheritance.Furthermore,the paper discusses the prospect of the Space GenBank Project.

A Comparative Study on the Measurement Methods of Urban Mixed Land Use

The study aims at exploring the applicability and limitations of domestic and foreign methods for measuring the function mixing of urban land use,and sorting out various classic measurement methods according to the logic of “conceptual reflection–characteristics comparison–limitation analysis.” The study shows that:① the connotation and types of mixed land use functions are still controversial at home and abroad;② there is a lack of research on measurement methods in China;③ for medium and micro-scale planning,current measurement methods cannot fully reflect the differences in the degree of mixing caused by the planar and three-dimensional layout of building functions within the grid;④ the measurement methods for refined planning governance should improve the measurement model in terms of the number of functional types and the mixed layout of various functions in the horizontal and vertical directions at the medium and micro-scales,and improve its accuracy of the measurement results of a single grid and the whole area.

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Urban regeneration has been a hot topic in contemporary urban development in China,and the major challenge to it is the construction of a suitable management institution.At present,only a few cities in China have established the basic institution framework for urban regeneration,while most cities are still in exploration.Therefore,how to solve the institutional issue of urban regeneration and establish a well-rounded urban regeneration system is a practical problem and a major challenge faced by many Chinese cities.

Vigorous City and Countryside, Beautiful Human Settlements: Annual National Planning Conference 2019 Successfully Held in Chongqing

From Oct.19 to 21,2019,the Annual National Planning Conference 2019(shortened as AN PC hereinafter),hosted by the Urban Planning Society of China(UPSC)and Chongqing Municipal People's Government,co-organized by the Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources was successfully held at the Chongqing International Expo Center.This year,the ANPC’s theme was Vigorous City and Countryside,Beautiful Human Settlements,which reflected people's increasing yearnings for a better life,and laid out a vision for the diverse charm and coordinated development of urban and rural areas.As the most influential and top-level academic event in the field of urban planning,the AN PC has been successfully held for 17 sessions so far,and it is the second time that Chongqing was chosen as the host city after having hosted the conference in 2010.A total of 4,061 academic papers by 8,462 authors were received,of which 227 excellent papers were presented at the AN PC.

The Trend of Housing Marginalization of Low and Lower-Middle Social Groups in Large Cities and Its Planning Countermeasures:Taking Chengdu as an Example

As low and lower-middle social groups account for a great proportion of the total population in China and their status in society is special,it is of great social and practical significance to study their housing conditions and characteristics.Based on research at home and abroad,this paper defines the basic characteristics of low and lower-middle social groups in China,and elaborates the definition and connotation of housing marginalization,thereby proposing that these residents in the Chinese city are facing a problem of housing marginalization.According to data from the fifth and sixth population census and statistical yearbooks of Chengdu,it reveals changes in housing location,housing tenure structure,and housing quality of the study group between 2000 to 2010 by means of spatial and statistical analysis,which indicates that the low and lower-middle social groups are facing the three trends of"living in outskirts,""predicament in tenure selectivity of housing,"and"impoverishment of housing quality."In response to these trends,three planning suggestions are proposed:①to establish"housing policy areas"suitable for the group of residents to reside and work;②to innovate policy measures to support the low and lower-middle social groups to rent and purchase houses within these areas;③to guide the residents to integrate into the community life circle in these areas so as to avoid poverty concentration.

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"Compact"City:Strategies for HighQuality Construction in High-Density Cities Author:Li Lin Year:2020Publisher:China Architecture&Building Press ISBN:9787112247325(340 pages,in Chinese)This book first clarified the concept of"compact"and the goals of research and implementation of the"compact"strategy.Based on the two basic points of the concept of"compact,"it points out that the goal consists of an objective goal of achieving efficient land use,and a subjective goal of improving the quality of life.

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Design Governance:The CABE Experiment(Chinese Edition)Authors:Mat thewCar mona,Claudiode Magalh?es,and Lucy Natarajan Translators:Tang Yan,Zhu He,Cai Zhi,et al.Year:2020Publisher:China Architecture&Building Press ISBN:9787112248247(288 pages,in Chinese).