China 's Recent Urban Planning

The residential construction in Shanghai became more and more, which represent the citizen’s life situation became better and better. It reflects that China’s economy situation became better.

The capital of China is Beijing, which is located in the north eastern part of China. The city has 15, 5 million citizens and is the political center of China.

Land-use planning: The preparation of an overall master plan for future development of an area; the plan may recommend zoning restrictions and infrastructure both practical and appropriate for the community and its natural environment; based on mapping and classification of existing human activities and environmental conditions, including natural hazards.

/////////These ideas bring me to my final point that corporate greed may be destroying the dreams of a green and eco-friendly world. “The former Shanghai Communist Party chief and Dongtan’s primary political backer, was sentenced in 2008 to 18 years in prison on corruption charges.” The New York Times. The party chief who at the time was spear heading the operation caused a momentary standstill in the plans. Also a failure to consult the general populous made it seem as though the people had no voice in the ideas of renovating their own city. With money or political standings backing every decision, it appears as though the government had stepped and put their ideas of what is better for the masses. This of course we know not to be true, and their failed attempt at a Utilitarian view demonstrates that the backers of the project were only thinking of themselves and not putting the needs of the people first. Sze brings up a valid point, that as well as the corruption in the government, there is also a contradictory belief that building an eco-city is eco-friendly. When in fact the production of the metals and plastic that it takes to even make an attempt at a self-sustained city might

minus the area of lakes and rivers)—China is 9,326,410 km 2 (3,600,950 sq mi) and the

The People's Republic of China is the fourth largest country in the world and features diverse landforms and climates. Located in East Asia and bordering fourteen countries, China has a total area of 9,596,960 square kilometers: 9,326,410 square kilometers of land and 270,550 square kilometers of water. Agricultural land makes up 54.7% of China’s land (with arable land making up 11.3% of land, permanent crops making up 1.6% of land, and permanent pasture making up 41.8% of land), while forest makes up 22.3%, and “other” makes up 23%. China is made up of 23 provinces (including Taiwan), 5 autonomous regions and 4 municipalities. The climate of China varies greatly within the country. Northern China features a subarctic climate with long,

It is well known that China is one of the biggest countries in the world in terms of area which covers an area around 9.4 million square kilometers, and also has the most heavily populated countries in the world with a population of 1.4 billion ( continue to increase ) between the years of 1950 - 2015 ( Population Research Institute, Morse.A , Feb 18, 2015 ). China's population is concentrated in the urban areas because of the availability of modern and civilized life, such as Beijing, capital city with 130 million of china’s population, which become the largest city most populous in the world in the year 2015 ( Population Research Institute, Morse.A , Feb 18, 2015 ). The number of 1.4 billion become a scary number in term of population in one country like China because to compare with other world’s population it’s equivalent to 19.22% of the total world population ( Population Research Institute, Morse.A , Feb 18, 2015 ) .

The Chinese government is implementing methods to bring interest to the cities by moving universities, stated owned enterprises, state owned businesses and banks to jumpstart the ghost cities. Paris and Thames only account for two of the eleven massive vacant cities that have less than 5% occupancy. On CBS News Lesley Stahl (2014) stated that, “this is all make believe, non existent supply for non existent demand.” There are an estimated six hundred more cities in China than there were when the communist party took over in 1949. China has topped the phrase, “Bridge to no where.” Quoted by Kenneth Rapoza (2015) in his Forbes article.

Apart from building the public housing units in order to meet the needs of the urban poor, the government carries out urban renewal plans and new town development plans for the sake of coping with the problem of the old and dilapidated buildings. Many inner cities such as Sham Shui Po and Tsuen Wan are facing the problem of urban decay as the buildings are old and not safe for the poor to live in so urban renewal is one of the means to deal with this problem. Li Rui (2003) states, ‘urban renewal is the complex of activities such as

Urbanization of lands in China have had a prominent effect on the lives of its people, including the inhabitants of both the peripheral and central cities throughout the country. In

Urbanisation of the planet is the most concrete phenomenon of the changes in global human settlements patterns. The increase of migration flows in the time of globalisation in the 20th and 21st century helps us to understand the dynamics of urbanisation (Zhang, 2015). The movement of people from rural areas to cities is so widespread and having tremendous impacts on the way we live and work. From the

Fourth largest country in the world, China makes up almost the entire East Asian Landmass. China’s 9,596,960 sq km in total area, features the highest and one of the lowest points in the world. Nearly 70% of China is made up of mountains, hills, or plateaus. (Defense, 2010) China has 23 providences and 4 Municipalities. China is also home to more than 3,400 islands. China’s climate reflects what one might think coming from such a large mass of land. Cold Siberian air coming from the north and tropical air masses coming from the south create bipolar conditions. China is home to many rivers, most notably being the, “Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) literally translated as “Long River,” the Chang Jiang, at 6,300 km (3,915 mi), is Asia’s longest river and the third longest in the world” (Defense, 2010). China has 20 of the 30 most polluted cities in the world, according to the World Bank (Defense, 2010). The Chinese government has made pollution control a high priority and even made efforts to cut carbon intensity levels in half, but according to the Defense Language Institute Foreign

China, officially the People's Republic of China is the world's largest country by population and one of the largest by area, measuring about the same size as the United States. The country's varied terrain includes vast deserts, towering mountains, high plateaus, and broad plains. Beijing, located in the north, is China's capital and its cultural, economic, and communications center. Shanghai, located near the Yangtze, is the most populous urban center, the

According to the United Nations, by the year 2050, 70 % of the world’s population will be living in urban areas. Cities around the world continue to grow as more and more people move into urban areas. This imposes tremendous pressure on the cities infrastructure, to cope with level of influx. The exponential rise of population and urbanization has given rise

Throughout the past 60 years, Hong Kong’s city planning were tightly dependent on the growth of public housing complexes, and vice versa. Years after the first public housing estate, Shek Kip Mei estate was built, the government has studied and discovered that core districts, Kowloon and the northern part of Hong Kong Island, have been rapidly populated that they are reaching their maximum capacity due to the wave of baby boom and illegal immigrants from Mainland China who escape to Hong Kong for the Cultural Revolution happening in the north . In order to cope with the large numbers of newly arrived residents, the government has decided to develop satellite towns, now renamed as newly planned community and new towns, at the surrounding areas of the traditional core districts. (Hui and Lam, 2005). The source of land for these new towns is often reclaimed grounds. Influenced by the British who were still colonized Hong Kong, the government took a reference of British architect Sir Ebenezer Howard’s idea of the “garden city” in 1898, who suggests that these newly establish, city surrounding areas should plan to be self-contained communities surrounding by greenbelts that include areas of residence, industry and agriculture properties (March, 2004).