Urbanization and Locality Strengthening Identity and Sustainability by Site-Specific Planning and Design /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wang, Fang (Editor), Prominski, Martin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Subjects: Urban planning.; City planning.; Economic growth.; Environmental economics.; Economics.; Environmental Economics.; Economic Growth.; Urbanism.

Based on a discussion of conflicts in the urbanization process, this book provides theoretical and practical solutions for the preservation and development of urban localities. On the basis of informative case studies, it reveals the similarities and unique aspects of urbanization in Germany and Chi...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1 New Wars: Conflicts Between People and Place
• Urbanization and New-type Urbanization
• Urban Cultural Landscape
• Locality, Place Identity, and Sustainability
• Part 2 New Strategies: Locality Preservation and Development in Urbanization Processes
• Strategies to Preserve Locality in Urbanization Processes
• Strategies to Develop Locality in Urbanization Processes
• Part 3 New Exploration: Site-specific Planning and Design
• Designing Sustainable Cities
• Eco-civilization: Urban Planning for the Future.