Urban Form for China's Larger Cities | the example of Beijing Municipality

Xiaolei Jiang

ISBN 10: 3838380509 / ISBN 13: 9783838380506

Published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012

Urban Form for China's Larger Cities | the example of Beijing Municipality | Xiaolei Jiang | Taschenbuch | Englisch | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | EAN 9783838380506 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Seller Inventory # 106238743

Synopsis:

The urban form is crucial to a city‘s sustainable development. For the fast growing larger cities in China, the rapid urban sprawl has obviously caused many problems. In order to find out what is the most suitable form for China‘s cities, I study two extreme urban models: urban sprawl and the compact city. Based on the study and the analysis of particular situations in China, I get the conclusion that compact development is more sustainable for China‘s cities compared with urban sprawl. I consider the ―decentralized concentration‖ model a practicable way to carry out the ideas of the compact city. In the case study of Beijing, traffic congestion and unreasonable land use are two serious problems which I focus on. The concrete patterns of ―decentralized concentration‖-urban villages and transit-oriented city are suggested to solve the present problems and achieve the sustainable development.

About the Author: The writer has got the Bachelor degree of Landscape Architecture from Nanjing Forestry University in China in 2008,then studied at Blekinge Institude of Technology in Sweden and got the master degree of European Spatial Planning and Regional Development. Now she is working in Qingdao Agriculture University in china as a teacher.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Urban Form for China's Larger Cities | the ...
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu