PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN CHINA

The border between mainland China and Hong Kong has become one of the world's most fascinating linguistic divides. On one side lies the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, stretching the entire length of the border – an extraordinary urban development which in many ways epitomises the recent urbanisation of modern China. On the other side lies the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong (see Figure 1). It is not possible to cross from Hong Kong to mainland China by land without passing through one of the Shenzhen checkpoints.

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Urban Development in Modern China.

Pacific Affairs ◽

10.2307/2757125 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 55 (3) ◽

pp. 482

Author(s):

G. William Skinner ◽

Laurence J. C. Ma ◽

Edward W. Hanten

Keyword(s):

Urban Development ◽

Modern China

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COMPLAINING ABOUT LIVED SPACES: RESPONSES TO THE URBAN LIVING ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHERN SONG KAIFENG

Journal of Chinese History ◽

10.1017/jch.2018.6 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 335-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lik Hang Tsui

Keyword(s):

Urban Development ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Weather Conditions ◽

Living Environment ◽

Modern China ◽

Medieval China ◽

Northern Song ◽

Urban Problems ◽

Lived Spaces ◽

The City

AbstractThis article explores the understudied issue of urban problems in pre-modern China and examines the responses to the negative impact of urban development on life in the populous city of Kaifeng in the Northern Song (960–1127). Although writers, painters, and historians have portrayed the capital city's splendor for centuries, various urban problems emerged as medieval China became a more urbanized society. This article investigates Ouyang Xiu's (1007–1072) accounts of how extreme weather conditions adversely affected the lives of Kaifeng residents. These experiences, which he discussed in letters and poems, are associated with longer trends that result in climatic anomalies and disasters in the city. Ouyang Xiu also complained about living costs and medical services in Kaifeng. These reflect the difficulties in maintaining good urban provisions and services in a city of this scale.

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Modern Industrial Cities. Bruce M. Stave, editor; Optimization in Locational and Transport Analysis. Alan G. Wilson, Jose D. Coelho, Sally M. Macgill, and Huw C. W. L. Williams; Land Use in America. Richard H. Jackson; Urban Development in Modern China. Laurence J. C. Ma and Edward W. Hanten, editors; China: Urbanization and National Development. C. K. Leung and Norton Ginsburg, editors; Rabat: Urban Apartheid in Morocco. Janet L. Abu-Lughod; The City in West Europe. D. Burtenshaw, M. Bateman, and G. J. Ashworth

Urban Geography ◽

10.2747/0272-3638.4.1.80 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 80-93

Author(s):

Risa M. Palm ◽

Robert G. Cromley ◽

James S. Fisher ◽

Sen-dou Chang ◽

Laurence J. C. Ma ◽

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Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Urban Development ◽

National Development ◽

Modern China ◽

Industrial Cities ◽

Transport Analysis ◽

The City

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Urban Development in Modern China. Edited by Laurence J. C. Ma and Edward W. Hanten. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1981. 264 pp. Maps, Tables, Diagrams, Notes and References, Index. $20. - The Environment: Chinese and American Views. Edited by Laurence J. C. Ma and Allen G. Noble. New York: Methuen, 1981. Pbulished for the Ohio Academy of Science. 397 pp. Maps, Tables, Diagrams, Notes and References, Index. $29.95.

The Journal of Asian Studies ◽

10.2307/2055382 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 139-140

Author(s):

Rhoads Murphey

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Urban Development ◽

Modern China

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The Role of History, Nostalgia and Heritage in the Construction and Indigenisation of State-led Political and Economic Identities in Contemporary China

The Heritage Turn in China ◽

10.5117/9789462985667_ch08 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Law

Keyword(s):

Urban Development ◽

Place Branding ◽

Local State ◽

Modern China ◽

Contemporary China ◽

Local Elites ◽

Extant Literature ◽

Local Officials

Over the years interlocutors have pointed to the role of elites in the selective utilisation of history, memory, nostalgia and heritage within modern China; particularly, scholars have pointed to the role of Confucianism, humiliation history and totalitarian nostalgia within these hegemonic processes. However, with the exception of work on Shanghai, there is a paucity of investigations on the role of local elites in the utilisation of local historical-geographic discourses within contemporary China. Acknowledging this lacuna in the extant literature, this chapter argues that ‘local elites’ – defined as coalitions of local officials, developers, commercialists and/or urban conservationists – are increasingly coming together to utilise local histories, memory, nostalgia and heritage as a tool of urban marketing and place-branding. To unpack this argument, this chapter therefore explores local state coalitions dedicated to urban development in the cities of Shanghai, Wuhan and Xi’an.

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