The Emergence of a Collaborative Approach Challenges Hong Kong’s Urban Planning Model

Urban planning in Hong Kong is being transformed with the expansion of civil society and the development of various community movements. They are posing a challenge to current urban planning practices and throwing up conditions for a collaborative approach to urban planning, fashioning alternative strategies.

Urban Planning and Cyber-Citizenry in China: How the 2.0 opposition organises itself

Louis Augustin- Jean and Florence Padovani (ed.), Hong Kong Économie, société, culture

Shanghai: Urban Planning Styles in Evolution. Emergence of a “Harmonious Urbanisation”?

Since the 1950s, Shanghai has undergone major changes, reflected in the practice of urban planning, which has been influenced by different Western theories. Strategic and collaborative currents as well as the concept of sustainable development have helped reformulate urban planning styles. Does this renewal mean the emergence of an original model of Chinese urban planning, notably with the concept of harmonious urbanisation?

Yan Song & Chengri Ding (eds), Urbanization in China: Critical Issues in an Era of Rapid Growth

Book Reviews (PDF version)

Fulong Wu, Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China

François Gipouloux (ed.), China’s Urban Century: Governance, Environment and Socio-Economic Imperatives

Stefan Al (ed.), Mall City, Hong Kong’s Dreamworlds of Consumption

Editorial - Urban Planning in China