Urban China's Rural Fringe

Actors, Dimensions and Management Challenges

Giulio Verdini, Yiwen Wang, Xiaonan Zhang

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2016
• Print ISBN:
  9781472443557
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317004059
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Urban Planning & Landscaping

Giulio Verdini, PhD in Economics, Urban and Regional Development, from the University of Ferrara, is Associate Professor in Urban Planning and Design and Co-Director of the Research Institute of Urbanisation at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, People's Republic of China. Dr. Yiwen Wang, PhD in Architecture from the University of Nottingham, is Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at Xian Jiaotong-Liverpool University, People's Republic of China. Dr. Xiaonan Zhang, PhD in Urban Geography at University of Salford, UK, is the former Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xian Jiaotong- Liverpool University, People's Republic of China.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Preface
• 1 The Rural Fringe in China: Existing Conflicts and Prospective Urban-Rural Synergies
• 2 Collaborative Approaches for Planning the Rural Areas of Chinese Cities
• 3 The Rising Chinese Middle Class and the 'Construction' of a New Countryside
• 4 The Intermediate Role of Medium-Sized Cities in China Between Ultra-Dense Rural Areas and Ultra-Large Cities
• 5 Rural Regeneration in the Yangtze River Delta: The Challenge and Potential for Rural Heritage Tourism Development
• 6 Rural-Urban Edge: A Review of Spatial Planning Representation and Policy Discourse in the Pearl River Delta
• 7 Preservation and Sustainable Development of Suburban Historical Villages: A Case Study of Dayuwan Village in Wuhan
• 8 Public Participation in Contested Spatial Planning: Learning from a Failed Urban Development Project
• 9 A Pedagogical Approach to Designing the Future of China's Urban Fringe
• Point of View
• Conclusions
• Index