Rural urban framework : transforming the Chinese countryside / Joshua Bolchover & John Lin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bolchover, Joshua, author.

Lin, Zhiang, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--China.

Architecture.

Architecture, Chinese.

Villages--China.

Villages.

Architecture, Domestic--Designs and plans.

Architecture, Domestic.

China--Rural conditions.

China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While most attention is given to the booming mega-cities in China and the associated problems of over-population, the rural areas in China are being largely ignored. Yet, a sustainable development of the rural areas is precisely that, which will be decisive for China's future. Through its rapid development into an industrial country, China now needs to tackle far-reaching problems such as increasing population, growing income gap between the poor and the rich, rural exodus, decreased agricultural production, and environmental pollution. Rural Urban Framework is a work group at the University of Hong Kong that not only researches the far-reaching changes of the last thirty years in China's rural areas, but has also realized concrete projects aimed at improving supply and infrastructure on site. In this publication, the authors present for the first time the results of their research as well as their built projects in the Chinese backlands, and question whether China's only future model lies in cities.

Während die Aufmerksamkeit auf den boomenden Megacities in China und der damit einhergehenden Problematik der Überbevölkerung liegt, gerät der ländliche Raum in China zunehmend in Vergessenheit. Dabei wäre gerade eine nachhaltige Entwicklung des ländlichen Raums entscheidend für die Zukunft Chinas. Durch seine rasante Entwicklung zu einem Industrieland steht China vor der Bewältigung weitreichender Probleme wie Bevölkerungszunahme, wachsende Einkommenskluft zwischen Arm und Reich, Landflucht, Rückgang der Agrarproduktion und Umweltverschmutzung.Rural Urban Framework ist eine Arbeitsgruppe an der Universität von Hong Kong, die nicht nur die tiefgreifenden Veränderungen der letzten dreißig Jahre im ländlichen Raum Chinas erforscht, sondern auch konkrete Projekte zur Verbesserung der Versorgung und der Infrastruktur vor Ort realisiert. Die Autoren präsentieren ihre Forschungen und ihre gebauten Projekte im chinesischen Hinterland hier erstmals in einem Zusammenhang und stellen so die Vorstellung in Frage, die Stadt sei das einzige Modell für Chinas Zukunft.

Contents:

Front matter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Journey

Rural Urban Framework

Urban Village

Yongxin Village

Factory Village

Lingzidi Village

Taiping Village

Suburban Village

Yanzhou Village

Contested Village

Tongjiang Village

Angdong Village

Rural Village

Qinmo Village

Luk Zuk Village

Mulan Village

Shijia Village

Jintai Village

Changliu Village

Future Village

Credits

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 10, 2015).

ISBN:

9783038210603

OCLC:

1002233659