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How the city moved to Mr. Sun : China's new megacities / Michiel Hulshof & Daan Roggeveen ; [translation, Martin Mevius].
Fine Arts Library HT384.C6 H85 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hulshof, Michiel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--China.
- Urbanization.
- Architecture.
- History.
- Architecture and society.
- China.
- Cities and towns--China--Growth.
- Cities and towns.
- Growth.
- City planning--China.
- City planning.
- Architecture and society--China.
- Architecture--China--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- How the city moved to Mister Sun
- China's new megacities
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, the Netherlands : SUN, [2011]
- Summary:
- For architects, urban planners, sociologists, business people, and China watchers of all kinds--this study offers a close look at the mind-boggling speed with which China is becoming an urban nation (building the equivalent of a new Chicago every year). Profiles of 13 urban areas located throughout China highlight each city's particular characteristics. The text is engaging--drawing on interviews for personal viewpoints as well as statistics and demographic and economic data, supported by abundant photos. Journalist Hulshof is China correspondent for a Dutch weekly magazine; Roggeveen is an architect working on projects in China and Europe. The two are founders of a multidisciplinary research and education group focusing on China's megacities. Distributed in the US by Idea Books. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- 'This is a business town': Zhengzhou
- How the city moved to Mr. Sun: Shijiazhuang
- Building the largest city in the world: Chongqing
- Canary Wharf in Central China: Wuhan
- 'Heaven for young leaders who enjoy life': Xi'an
- A new future for Old Civilization Street: Kunming
- Millionaires in Little Venice: Changsha
- 'If the factory prospers, I prosper': Lanzhou
- 'Saving energy is using your finger': Guiyang
- Ten thousand galloping horses: Hohhot
- Zaha goes extra large: Chengdu
- Stacked bars of gold: Yinchuan
- 'In the east there is Shenzhen, in the west, there is Kashgar': Kashgar.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-318).
- ISBN:
- 9789085068785
- 9085068789
- OCLC:
- 759521741
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