Chinese Urban Planning and Construction

Chapter1. Overview from Historical Wisdom to Modern Miracles: Experience from Chinese Urban Planning and Practices.- Part 1. Historical Wisdom and Urban Planning.- Chapter2. 'Regional Design' of the Ancient Chinese Capitals: A Case Study of Chang'an in Tang Dynasty.- Chapter3. Looking into the Supergrid and Superblock Structure in Chinese Cities: Taking Xi'an and Nanjing as Examples.- Chapter4. Adaptive Resilience: Traditional Wisdom of the Mulan Weir Water Conservancy System in Song-Yuan Period.- Part 2. Transformation of Traditional Values into Urban Planning.- Chapter5. From Concentration to Decentralization The Spatial Development of Beijing and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Capital Region.- Chapter6. From Tsingtau to Qingdao.- Chapter7. Three Stages of Urban Community Development and Regeneration Planning in Chongqing.- Part 3. Green and Eco-city Planning for Sustainability.- Chapter8. Green Low-carbon High-density Urban Center Planning Wuhan Wangjiadun area.- Chapter9. Towards a Sustainable City: A Scoping Review of Eco-cities development and practices in China.- Chapter10. Healthy City Planning: Insights from China.- Chapter11. From Green Building to Green City--The Practice in Jiangsu Province, China.- Part4. Modern Miracles Brought Forth by Technological Innovation and Economic Growth.- Chapter12. New Countryside in the Internet Age: The Development and Planning of E-commerce Taobao Villages in China.- Chapter13. Innovation Districts in Beijing: Evolution, Distribution, and Development Mechanisms.- Chapter14. Suzhou's "Growth Machine": Tracking the Driving Force behind a Fast Growing Chinese Urban Region.

Dr. Yan Tang is an associate professor at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. She is an editor in charge of China city planning review, deputy secretary general of Urban Regeneration Committee of China Urban Planning Society, committee member of Urban Design Committee of Architectural Society of China, and committee member of Eco-city Committee and Resilient City Committee of Chinese Society for Urban Studies. She also works as the secretary of Architecture Discipline Appraisal Panel, Academic Degree Committee of the State Council of China. Her research interests include urban design and planning, urban regeneration, and urban and rural governance. She is a registered urban and rural planner in China, and her work always highlights the combination of research and practice.



Dr. Lanchun Bian is a professor at the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. He is an executive director of China Urban Planning Society; a vice-chairman of Urban Design Committee, vice-chairman of Urban Regeneration Committee, and committee member of Historical and Cultural City Preservation of China Urban Planning Society, as well as the vice chairman of Beijing Urban Planning Society. He is also a committee member of the Expert Advisory Group of Beijing Historical and Cultural City Preservation. His interests mainly focus on urban design theory and practices, historical and cultural heritage preservation and residential planning. He has published five books and dozens of academic papers.



Dr. Zhenjiang Shen is a professor at the School of Environmental Design, Kanazawa University, Japan. He is a member of The Engineering Academy of Japan from 2018, whose research interests include smart city construction, policy-making support system for planning and design using GIS, VR & Information Communication Technology (ICT). He is a commission member of Commission on Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of