Constructing Utopias
china's new town movement in the 21st century
$103.36
- Paperback
360 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2025
Summary
Constructing Utopias: Remaking the Chinese Urban Landscape
Amid groundbreaking political reforms and the “largest mass migration ever seen in human history,” China created over 3,800 new towns to accommodate its burgeoning urban population and sustain economic growth. Economic marketization, global trade, inter-city competition, and the exponentially growing real estate industry have driven tremendous investment in infrastructure and large-scale developments, stimulating continuous …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780197793305 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0197793304 |
| Author: | Zhongjie Lin |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 360 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 152mm x 28mm |
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About The Author
Zhongjie Lin
Zhongjie Lin is the Benjamin Z. Lin Presidential Professor of Urban Design at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design, where he serves as Head of the Urban Design program and directs the Future Cities Initiative. He is a co-founder of Futurepolis, an award-winning interdisciplinary practice of planning and architecture. An internationally renowned expert in urbanism, Dr. Lin has published numerous books on the theory and practice of urban design, sustainable urbanism, planning history, and Asian architecture and cities. His work has been recognized by prestigious awards including a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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