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Anhui tightens rules covering historic buildings
Publication date: Thu 18 Apr 2013
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...
Errors in urbanization must be avoided
Publication date: Sun 14 Apr 2013
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...
Urbanization challenges farmland conservation
Publication date: Sat 23 Feb 2013
Document type: Article
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...
Expert suggests caution over 'fragmented' urbanization
Publication date: Thu 21 Feb 2013
Document type: Article
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...
Blind urbanisation dangerous
Publication date: Wed 6 Feb 2013
Blasting mountains for land reclamation has become a trend, with many local governments continuing to expand cities or build new ones on reclaimed land.
Agri-Urbanisation: new path sustaiable
Publication date: Mon 21 Jan 2013
Document type: Article
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...
Angola's trophy city a 'ghost town'
Publication date: Fri 23 Nov 2012
Document type: Article
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...
Moving to the right side of the tracks
Publication date: Mon 12 Nov 2012
Document type: Article
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...
Chinese cities "feel the loss of streetlife and community"
Publication date: Mon 5 Nov 2012
Document type: Article
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.
China’s ghost towns and phantom malls
Publication date: Mon 13 Aug 2012
Document type: Article
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.
Community Participation in Urban Planning and the Role of Slum Dwellers: The Mukuru Case Study
Publication date: Tue 31 Jul 2012
Document type: Presentation
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...
Luanda slum upgrade case-study: Urban planning from a microscopic perspective to macro-scaled coordination
Publication date: Tue 31 Jul 2012
Document type: Presentation
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...
Planning for regional poverty alleviation in the Guizhou province of China
Publication date: Tue 31 Jul 2012
Document type: Presentation
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...
Participatory Mapping of Urban Poverty
Publication date: Mon 30 Jul 2012
Document type: Presentation
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...
Angola’s Chinese-built ghost town
Publication date: Mon 2 Jul 2012
Document type: Article
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...
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