Shrinking Cities in China
The Other Facet of Urbanization
Editors: Long, Ying, Gao, Shuqi (Eds.)
Free Preview- Shares first-hand cases of shrinking cities in several provinces and regions
- Is richly illustrated with photographs from China’s shrinking cities
- Employs cutting-edge techniques like deep learning for empirical studies
Buy this book
- About this book
-
This book offers an essential introduction to the phenomenon of shrinking cities in China, highlighting several case studies, qualitative and quantitative methods, and planning responses. As an emerging topic in urbanizing China, cities experiencing population loss have begun attracting increasing attention. All chapters of the book were contributed by leading researchers on the subject in China. Richly illustrated with photographs for a better visual understanding of the topic, the book will benefit a broad readership, ranging from researchers and students of urban planning, urban geography, urban economics, urban sociology and urban design, to practitioners in the areas of urban planning and design.
- About the authors
-
Ying Long is now an associate professor in the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China. His research focuses on urban planning, quantitative urban studies and applied urban modeling. He has an education background in both environmental engineering and city planning. Before joining Tsinghua University, he has worked for Beijing Institute of City Planning as a senior planner for eleven years. Familiar with planning practices in China and versed in international literature, Dr. Long’s academic studies creatively integrate international methods and experiences with local planning practices. He has published over one hundred journal papers and led over twenty research/planning projects. Dr. Long is also the founder of Beijing City Lab (BCL www.beijingcitylab.com), an open research network for quantitative urban studies.
Shuqi Gao is a lecturer in the School of Architecture at Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, specializing in the fields of shrinking cities, physical disorder, aging society and urban redevelopment. He graduated from the Tsinghua University with a doctoral degree on urban planning. From 2016 to 2017, he was a visiting doctoral student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning, where he delved into the research of corresponding strategies for shrinking cities in the US. He has published several papers that related to the topic of shrinking cities on top planning journals in China. He has attended seminars on the issue of shrinking cities in various places, including University of Tokyo and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
-
-
Shrinking Cities in China: The Overall Profile and Paradox in Planning
Pages 3-21
-
A Multi-scaled Analysis of the Shrinking Population in a Region with Out-Migration: A Case Study of Hunan Province
Pages 25-41
-
Urban Shrinkage in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region and Yangtze River Delta: Pattern, Trajectory and Factors
Pages 43-61
-
Research on the Spatial Distribution and Influencing Factors of Shrinking Cities in Jilin Province
Pages 63-81
-
Space-Time Analysis and Factors Attribution of Urban Shrinkage in Northeast China
Pages 83-101
-
Table of contents (13 chapters)
Recommended for you
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
-
- Book Title
- Shrinking Cities in China
- Book Subtitle
- The Other Facet of Urbanization
- Editors
-
- Ying Long
- Shuqi Gao
- Series Title
- The Urban Book Series
- Copyright
- 2019
- Publisher
- Springer Singapore
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-13-2646-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-13-2646-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-13-2645-5
- Series ISSN
- 2365-757X
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 256
- Number of Illustrations
- 18 b/w illustrations, 143 illustrations in colour
- Topics
*immediately available upon purchase as print book shipments may be delayed due to the COVID-19 crisis. ebook access is temporary and does not include ownership of the ebook. Only valid for books with an ebook version. Springer Reference Works are not included.
