In the process of unprecedented urbanization in contemporary China, a great many of Chinese cities have witnessed a rapid expansion of urban scale to different degrees. With the continuous compilation, amendment and e...In the process of unprecedented urbanization in contemporary China, a great many of Chinese cities have witnessed a rapid expansion of urban scale to different degrees. With the continuous compilation, amendment and enforcement of urban planning, the functional structure, spatial environment, street patterns and textures and even the social aspect of cities have changed conspicuously, all of which have directly happened to the spatial forms of the dimension, or even the multi-dimension of a certain city. By describing and analyzing the structure, evolution and explicit tokens of the spatial forms of cities, this thesis attempts to set up a model of factors that affect urban forms, as well as discuss the attributes, protection, adjustment and development-potential of urban land closely associated with forms. In addition, on the basis of the professional features for urban design to participate in the modeling and construction-management of desirable spatial forms of cities, the author has put forward technical measures for quantitatively appraising and analyzing the large-scaled spatial forms of cities, thus offering technical support to municipal governments and management departments of planned construction.展开更多
The paper examines how social projects,social spaces,and social realities define three contexts and shifts critical to understanding urban design in China,which are the transformations from collective forms to communi...The paper examines how social projects,social spaces,and social realities define three contexts and shifts critical to understanding urban design in China,which are the transformations from collective forms to community building,from government to governance,and from urban versus rural development to urban-rural integration.The argument presented is that a unique unification of administration,production,and reproduction spaces into one institution,produced collective forms in China,whose collective spaces and collective subjectivities contrast with Western-centric explanations of urban design and urban sociology that depend on abstract notions of the public,public space,community,and place making.Instead,collective forms and collective spaces are defined by concrete activities,interests,and benefits that provide social networks of support and care to clearly identifiable constituencies.The collective and the community in China are thus always legibly spatialized and develop in parallel to a socialized model of governance that derives from a“differential mode of association.”This creates a spatialized governmentality,an instrumentalization of spatial design by government that brings spatial and social problems of governance closely together.A brief discussion of the historical formations of these changing contexts is the basis to outlining an interdisciplinary urban design approach that deals with spatial and social environments,practices,and policies.The paper brings together research conducted in Chinese cities including Wuhan,Beijing,and Shanghai.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2006BAJ03A04, 2006BAJ4B067)
文摘In the process of unprecedented urbanization in contemporary China, a great many of Chinese cities have witnessed a rapid expansion of urban scale to different degrees. With the continuous compilation, amendment and enforcement of urban planning, the functional structure, spatial environment, street patterns and textures and even the social aspect of cities have changed conspicuously, all of which have directly happened to the spatial forms of the dimension, or even the multi-dimension of a certain city. By describing and analyzing the structure, evolution and explicit tokens of the spatial forms of cities, this thesis attempts to set up a model of factors that affect urban forms, as well as discuss the attributes, protection, adjustment and development-potential of urban land closely associated with forms. In addition, on the basis of the professional features for urban design to participate in the modeling and construction-management of desirable spatial forms of cities, the author has put forward technical measures for quantitatively appraising and analyzing the large-scaled spatial forms of cities, thus offering technical support to municipal governments and management departments of planned construction.
文摘The paper examines how social projects,social spaces,and social realities define three contexts and shifts critical to understanding urban design in China,which are the transformations from collective forms to community building,from government to governance,and from urban versus rural development to urban-rural integration.The argument presented is that a unique unification of administration,production,and reproduction spaces into one institution,produced collective forms in China,whose collective spaces and collective subjectivities contrast with Western-centric explanations of urban design and urban sociology that depend on abstract notions of the public,public space,community,and place making.Instead,collective forms and collective spaces are defined by concrete activities,interests,and benefits that provide social networks of support and care to clearly identifiable constituencies.The collective and the community in China are thus always legibly spatialized and develop in parallel to a socialized model of governance that derives from a“differential mode of association.”This creates a spatialized governmentality,an instrumentalization of spatial design by government that brings spatial and social problems of governance closely together.A brief discussion of the historical formations of these changing contexts is the basis to outlining an interdisciplinary urban design approach that deals with spatial and social environments,practices,and policies.The paper brings together research conducted in Chinese cities including Wuhan,Beijing,and Shanghai.
