Australia and China Perspectives on Urban Regeneration and Rural Revitalization

Raffaele Pernice, Bing Chen

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032538945
• eBook ISBN: 9781040024461
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Architecture
• Subtopic: Architecture General

This edited volume reviews important contemporary issues through relevant case studies and research in China and Australia, such as the challenges posed by climate change, the development of eco-urban design, research on sustainable habitats and the relationship between ecology, green architecture and city regeneration, as well as, in general, the future of the city in the new millennium.

The authors represent a broad selection of international experts, young scholars and established academics who discuss themes related to urban–rural destruction and economic and spatial regeneration techniques, the sustainable reconversion of natural landscapes and eco-urban design in the context of the current evolution of architectural and urbanism practice. The book aims to explain the conditions in which the contemporary debate about urban regeneration and rural revitalisation has developed in Australia and China, presented by different theoretical and methodological perspectives. It also provides a multifaceted and critical analysis of relevant case studies and urban experiences in Australia and China, focusing on environmental disruption, resized urban interventions and the need for more efficient and sustainable forms of regeneration and urban renewal practice in urban–rural contexts.

This book will be an invaluable resource for architects, planners, architectural and urban historians, geographers, and scholars interested in modern Australian and Chinese architecture and urbanism.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Endorsements Page
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Foreword by Nicholas A. Phelps
• Introduction
• 1 Whither the New Town in Contemporary Australian Planning?
• 2 New Opportunities for Second-Tier Cities?: Towards an Understanding of Spatial Economic Relationships between Primary and Secondary Cities in Australia
• 3 The Urbanisation of China and Australia: Visions, Strategies and Urban Paradigms in the Context of the Asia Pacific Region
• 4 The Role of Water Bodies in the Placemaking of Kunming City, South-West China
• 5 The Evolution of Urbanisation and Planning Practices: A Comparative Study of England and China
• 6 Bridging Rural and Urban Disconnections: Spatial Graphic Explorations of Australia's Livestock Landscapes
• 7 Transportation Transformation Towards Urban Renaissance: A Case Study in Hangzhou
• 8 Culture-Led Rural Revitalisation in Chinese Intermediary Cities: Challenges and Opportunities during the Pandemic
• 9 Design Research of Civic-Commercial Space: Reshaping Commercial Space of Melbourne Southern Cross Railway Station
• 10 Sustainable Soundscape Design during the Regeneration of Urban Public Spaces: A Case Study in Suzhou, China
• 11 Country Park and Ecological Restoration in Shanghai's Rural Revitalisation
• 12 Former Industrial Waterfronts as Laboratories for Sustainable Urban Planning: Comparing Recent Efforts in Shanghai with Cases in New York and Rotterdam
• 13 A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in China
• 14 Ultra Square: Le Corbusier's Symbolism in Design through the Lens of Philosophy
• 15 The Linkage Mechanism of Integrating the Planning, Construction, Management and Service of Indemnificatory Rental Housing in Shanghai
• 16 Impact Factors of Authenticity Experience and Renewal Strategies of Touristic Spaces in a Historic District Based on Grounded Theory: A Case Study of 25–27 Daxinqiao Lane in Pingjiang Road, Suzhou
• Afterword by Wei Yang
• Index