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To Huang, global warming and the energy crisis go hand in hand. He believes that China needs to go toward a transit-oriented and sustainable urban form. High speed rail oriented city clusters (or TOD, transit oriented development) are his goal for China.[read more]

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In the past, bicycle infrastructure was purposely neglected by Shanghai city officials in hopes that residents would ditch their bikes and opt for public transportation.[read more]

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Washington, New York, and Chicago are becoming more important geopolitically than the United States is as a country. Chicago is rising fast as a geopolitical actor – think of the state visit by Chinese premier Hu Jintao.[read more]

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Economic globalization has proven far more complex than the simple notion that borders are disappearing. Businesses simultaneously work with and around borders. This inter-play of borders and cities is crucial.[read more]

We live at an exciting crossroads in the study of future urban development and the character of tomorrow’s urban landscape.[read more]

After years of relentless growth, Shanghai, China is entering a new phase of environmentally sustainable development. Issues such as urban farming have become hot topics of discussion.[read more]

It has been a long-acknowledged fact that cities need to improve their public transit systems, both to improve the mobility of their residents and to move away from the greenhouse gas-emitting automobile centric planning of the 20th century.[read more]

The following piece appears in the new issue of the architecture journal CLOG:RENDERINGUrban Fantasies in China: Architectural VisualizationArchitectural visualization specialists are the overlooked laborers involved in the vast China urban development program. They differ from architects in that they do not have design training beyond...[read more]

It is a familiar narrative across China’s cities: historic districts routinely razed to make way for new developments comprised of high-rise residential communities and retail mixed-use complexes designed to reflect China’s 21st Century image. Yet in some of China’s more high-profile historic neighborhoods, redevelopment is conceived to capture the spirit what once was.[read more]

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Over past 12 months leading Chinese municipalities such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Shenzhen have been gearing up to run carbon-trading trials. Why so? These pilots imposed by the state planning body are intended to help China deal with the dilemma of decoupling emissions from growth in the face of escalating pollution and resource scarcity.[read more]

With the ongoing spate of food safety scandals, Chinese consumers are rightly weary of the source and quality of their food. Unfortunately, food quality regulatory bodies in China remain unreliable and direct access to fresh food sources is limited for an increasingly urbanized populace. This is one of the great contradictions of China’s...[read more]

China is encouraging more private sector involvement in the transport sector. Photo by Thomas Stellmach.Our monthly China Transportation Briefing shares interesting news and noteworthy research related to China’s transportation and urban development. The goal is to help people who are interested in solving China’s urbanization...[read more]