Rural Urban Framework: Transforming the Chinese Countryside

Joshua Bolchover; John Lin

Published by Birkhäuser 2013

Rural Urban Framework

Transforming the Chinese Countryside

Joshua Bolchover and John Lin

https://doi.org/10.1524/9783038210603

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The Sustainable Development of Rural China

While most attention is given to the booming mega-cities in China and the associated problems of over-population, the rural areas in China are being largely ignored. Yet, a sustainable development of the rural areas is precisely that, which will be decisive for China’s future. Through its rapid development into an industrial country, China now needs to tackle far-reaching problems such as increasing population, growing income gap between the poor and the rich, rural exodus, decreased agricultural production, and environmental pollution.
Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China’s rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built projects in the Chinese backlands, and question whether China’s only future model lies in cities.

Rural areas in China as an alternative to mega-cities
Publication of the University of Hong Kong
Comprehensive image and planning material of the realized projects

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John Bolchover, Assistant Professor, Universität Hong Kong; John Lin, Architekt und Assistant Professor, Universität Hong Kong

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
TABLE OF CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	5
The Journey Research and Design in China Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Rural Urban Framework Village Urbanization Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
Urban Village Enclave Urbanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Yongxin Village City in the Village Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Factory Village A New Industrial Paradigm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Lingzidi Village Resolving Infrastructural Conflicts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Taiping Village Bridging the Past Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Suburban Village Rise of the Middle Class Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Yanzhou Village Island Urbanism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Contested Village Evolving Spatial Geographies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Tongjiang Village Recycled Brick School Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Angdong Village Rural Institutions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Rural Village The Countryside in Limbo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Qinmo Village Incremental Village Development Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Luk Zuk Village Reclaiming the Ancestral Village Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Mulan Village Educational Landscape Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
Shijia Village Modern and Traditional House Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Jintai Village Tabula Rasa Village Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Changliu Village Failing to Plan a Chinese Village Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Future Village Villages in the Urban Future Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
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Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Urban Planners, Architects, Geographers, Students
Pages
- Main content: 192
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 150
- Coloured Illustrations: 200
Keywords: Urbanism; China; rural areas

eBook

Published: October 24, 2013
ISBN: 9783038210603

Hardcover

Published: September 26, 2013
ISBN: 9783038214496