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Chinese Urban Transformation
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Chinese Urban Transformation

by Chen Yuanzhi, Alan Hudson, He Lisheng
June 2019
Intermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 36m
English
RIBA Publishing
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11Chengdu: Towards a World Ecological Garden City

Chengdu is the historical and contemporary capital of Sichuan and has for centuries been the most significant city in Western China. This is of particular importance for China’s domestic priority to develop the west and reduce its disparity with the eastern seaboard. More recently, the city has played an essential role in China’s international agenda, epitomised by the One Belt and One Road Initiative.

Both domestic integration and the economic and political orientation towards Central Asia renew and enhance Chengdu’s position as a major communication, logistics, and engineering centre. Allied to this is an initiative to establish Chengdu as a model of sustainable urban development. This draws ...

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