Smart Growth and Sustainable Development Selected Papers from the 9t
This book explores how to tackle the challenges of urbanization through international lessons in sustainable development and smart growth strategies. As readers will discover, smart growth offers an approach to urbanization with the aim to: improve the ef
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Qisheng Pan Weifeng Li Editors
Smart Growth and Sustainable Development Selected Papers from the 9th International Association for China Planning Conference, Chongqing, China, June 19–21, 2015
GeoJournal Library Volume 122
Managing Editor Daniel Z. Sui, College Station, USA Founding Series Editor Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany Editorial Board Paul Claval, France Yehuda Gradus, Israel Sam Ock Park, South Korea Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands
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Smart Growth and Sustainable Development Selected Papers from the 9th International Association for China Planning Conference, Chongqing, China, June 19–21, 2015
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Editors Qisheng Pan Texas Southern University Houston, TX USA
ISSN 0924-5499 GeoJournal Library ISBN 978-3-319-48295-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-48296-5
Weifeng Li University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong
ISSN 2215-0072
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ISBN 978-3-319-48296-5
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Preface
During the past three decades, China has made remarkable progress with respect to its urbanization. This has not been without its consequences, however, as China is also experiencing a series of urban problems, including low-density and inefficient suburban development, deepening regional imbalances, a Hukou and social welfare system, an aging population, wholesale environmental degradation, traffic congestion, inadequate natural and cultural heritage preservation, and the loss of identity of existing communities. To address these imminent urban issues, on March 16, 2014, the Chinese government launched its first official urbani
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