Shanghai transforming : the changing physical, economic, social, and environmental conditions of a global metropolis / Iker Gil, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gil, Iker

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shanghai (China)--Economic conditions--21st century.

Shanghai (China).

Shanghai (China)--Social conditions--21st century.

Shanghai (China)--Environmental conditions--21st century.

Ecology.

Economic history.

Social conditions.

China--Shanghai.

Physical Description:

271, [1] pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Barcelona] ; [New York, N.Y.] : Actar, ©2008.

Contents:

[I]. Physical transformation : Shanghai / Robert Venturi + Denise Scott Brown

Shanghai's spectacles / Sharon Haar

Urbanizing China / Peter G. Rowe

Disaggregating the global economy: Shanghai / Saskia Sassen

[II]. Economic transformation : Nostalgia / Haolun Shu

Shanghai transforming / Juan de Dios Perez

Shanghai back lot / Greg Girard

Close-up: Shanghai? / Jonathan Miller

[III]. Social transformation : From Lilong to international community : Xiangning Li + Xiaochun Zhang

Boys of "Long-Tang" / Weigang Qiu

Towards a precipitous typology / Silas Chiow

[IV]. Environmental transformation : Poles / Sol Madridejos + Juan Carlos Sancho

Chongming Island: greening Shanghai in the 21st century / Philip Enquist.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Shanghai transforming.

ISBN:

9788496954663

8496954668

OCLC:

264022620

Online:

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