Anhui province will create "identity numbers" for local ancient buildings and ban the removal of ancient structures from the province. A government statement released on Wednesday came days after...
China should learn from the negative urbanization experiences in foreign countries and set out a clear plan from the start, economists and entrepreneurs said at the Boao Forum for Asia. Neville Power...
Lijiang city in Southwest China's Yunnan province has what it takes to become a tourist attraction - picturesque scenery and profound cultural heritage. Now, the newly-constructed railway station on...
Hundreds of new cities. Millions of new urban residents. Surging consumer demand as a result. But one economics professor says the governement still needs to take a hard look at how exactly the...
Blasting mountains for land reclamation has become a trend, with many local governments continuing to expand cities or build new ones on reclaimed land.
As China advances urbanization to narrow the rural-urban income gap and boost growth, agri-urbanism provides an alternative path to realizing sustainable development, says a renowned Chinese academic...
The Nova Cidade de Kilamba - New City of Kilamba - is far too expensive and has not been designed to address the population's needs. Built at a reported cost of $3.5-billion, it was supposed to solve...
Improving the standard of living remains a top priority for central, local governments. The Slumdog Millionaire scenario only comes off on the big screen. Few of the low-income households living in...
Badly planned urban sprawl is cutting up traditional Chinese communities, which want better-conneted cities and not the American suburban dream, says US architect Peter Calthorpe.
As growth slows, China's huge investment in infrastructure is looking ever harder to sustain, leaving a string of ambitious projects - towns, shopping malls and even a theme park - empty and forlorn.
Presented at the Pro-Poor Urban Development: China and Africa Workshop, Nairobi, 07/30/2012. The contiguous slums in Mukuru are situated on private lands or on contested public lands that are mostly...
Presented at the Pro-Poor Urban Development: China and Africa Workshop, Nairobi, 07/30/2012. As Angola is in the process of modernizing African country, Luanda is likely to become an international...
Presented at the Pro-Poor Urban Development: China and Africa Workshop, Nairobi, 07/30/2012. Guizhou province is located in the Southwest of China, with a population of about 35 million. One third...
Presented at the Pro-Poor Urban Development: China and Africa Workshop, Nairobi, 07/30/2012. Introductory Session on "Participatory mapping of urban poverty" by Allan Cain, Director, Development...
The ghost tow ns of China, Ireland and Spain - full of large empty house estates - may be a phenomenon that is on its w ay to Africa. Built for people w ho never move in, they leave those w ho did w...