Urban China Series
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Isabella Jackson – Shaping Modern Shanghai: Colonialism in China’s Global City
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Isabella Jackson, Assistant Professor in Chinese History, Trinity College Dublin The Shanghai International Settlement was the site of key developments of the Republican period: economic growth, rising Chinese nationalism, […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Zhang Guanchi – Rightscaling Cities: The Political Economy of City Territory in China
Presented via ZoomSpeaker: Zhang Guanchi, Vermont Law and Graduate School How has the rescaling of the city territories interacted with China’s political and economic transformation? During the country’s rapid industrialization and urbanization, Chinese cities […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Huang Binling & Yuan Zhenyu
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Huang Binling & Yuan Zhenyu, Shenzhen Sketch Landscape Design More information coming soon. This event series is sponsored by the MIT Sustainable Urbanization Lab, the University of British Columbia’s School of […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Zhang Lei – Urban Planning and Planners in China: Continuity and Change
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Zhang Lei, Renmin UniversityProfessional planning in China has changed over the past four decades, shifting from a focus on market-oriented reforms to a focus on the environment and people-centered practice. […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zheng — Chinese Greenways: Innovative Planning, Governance, and Urbanism
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Liu Zheng, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, South China University of Technology Greenways are linear green corridors that are planned, designed, and managed for multi-use purposes. The introduction of the […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Sarah Chang — From Xiagang (layoffs)to the New Silk Road: SOE Reform and Urban Renewal in Southwestern China from the 1990s to the Present
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Sarah Chang, Assistant Professor of History, Miami UniversityThis presentation examines the relationship between urban renewal projects and SOE closures from the late 1990s to today. It uses published government and […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Liu Zhi — What Drives Urban Regeneration Action in China Today?
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Liu Zhi, Peking University-Lincoln InstituteOver the last few years, the Chinese government has actively promoted urban regeneration action across the country. However, many projects are not justified by demand and […]
Urban China Lecture Series featuring Philipp Demgenski — The Burden of the Past: Housing Expropriation and the Changing Priorities of Inner-City Redevelopment in Contemporary China
Presented via ZoomSpeakers: Philipp Demgenski, Institute of Anthropology, Department of Sociology, Zhejiang UniversityUnder current Chinese leadership, inner-city redevelopment has shifted from a “demolish and rebuild” (da chai da jian) model to prioritizing […]