{"product_id":"reinventing-the-chinese-city-paperback","title":"Reinventing the Chinese City - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Hu\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the late 1970s, China has undergone perhaps the most sweeping process of urbanization ever witnessed. This is typically understood as a story of growth, encompassing rapid development and economic dynamism alongside environmental degradation and social dislocation. However, over the past decade, China's leaders have claimed that the country's urbanization has entered a new stage that prioritizes \"quality.\" What does China's new urban vision entail, and what does the future hold in store? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Hu unpacks recent trends in urban planning and development to explore the making and imagining of the contemporary Chinese city. He focuses on three key concepts--the \"green revolution,\" \"smart city movement,\" and \"great innovation leap forward\"--that have become increasingly influential. Through case studies of Beijing, Hangzhou, and Hefei, Hu analyzes how attempts to achieve greater sustainability, promote data-driven governance, and foster innovation have fared on the ground. He also considers the experimental city Xiong'an in terms of China's idealized vision of the urban future and investigates how the recent experiences of Hong Kong relate to regional and national development projects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eReinventing the Chinese City\u003c\/i\u003e provides a careful accounting of the ideas that have dominated urban policy in China since 2010, emphasizing key continuities underlying claims of novelty. Shedding light on the transformations of the Chinese city, this book offers a new perspective on the factors that will shape the trajectory of urbanization in the coming decades.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Hu is a professor at the Canberra Business School, University of Canberra. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shenzhen Phenomenon: From Fishing Village to Global Knowledge City\u003c\/i\u003e (2020) and \u003ci\u003eSmart Design: Disruption, Crisis, and the Reshaping of Urban Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), as well as the editor of the \u003ci\u003eRoutledge Handbook of Asian Cities\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), among other books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47405608173746,"sku":"9780231211017","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b178965b12b2ec8e5dcaf5d72f71385e.webp?v=1778189225","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/reinventing-the-chinese-city-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}