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This book presents various perspectives on shaping a sustainable urban future for China based on conference discussions of the following questions: What lessons can China learn from other countries through their experiences in combating urban sprawl? What are the “dumb” growth patterns that are economically inefficient, environmentally unfriendly, or socially undesirable in Chinese cities? Finally, to what extent is China’s fragmented planning system responsible for uncoordinated urban growth, and how might it be improved?

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Overall, the collection is one of the very best on Chinese urban and regional planning that I have ever encountered. In the struggle to find good case study books for planning discourse, I have now discovered the quintessential edition for China. --Journal of Regional Science

"""Overall, the collection is one of the very best on Chinese urban and regional planning that I have ever encountered. In the struggle to find good case study books for planning discourse, I have now discovered the quintessential edition for China.""--Journal of Regional Science"

Overall, the collection is one of the very best on Chinese urban and regional planning that I have ever encountered. In the struggle to find good case study books for planning discourse, I have now discovered the quintessential edition for China.--Journal of Regional Science Together [with Urbanization in China (Song, 2007)], the two volumes provide a good source for understanding urbanization challenges, especially land-related issues, in China. Throughout the two books, one can almost feel the pains, struggles, and mistakes of planners and policy makers trying to manage the rapid urban growth in a transition era in China, and doing it as on-the-job training. The books are also packed with insightful warnings, useful lessons, and potential remedies. One can see that urban China can be a living laboratory, and the window of opportunity to get it right is narrow and fast closing. Together [with Urbanization in China (Song, 2007)], the two volumes provide a good source for understanding urbanization challenges, especially land-related issues, in China. Throughout the two books, one can almost feel the pains, struggles, and mistakes of planners and policy makers trying to manage the rapid urban growth in a transition era in China, and doing it as on-the-job training. The books are also packed with insightful warnings, useful lessons, and potential remedies. One can see that urban China can be a living laboratory, and the window of opportunity to get it right is narrow and fast closing. Together [with Urbanization in China (Song, 2007)], the two volumes provide a good source for understanding urbanization challenges, especially land-related issues, in China. Throughout the two books, one can almost feel the pains, struggles, and mistakes of planners and policy makers trying to manage the rapid urban growth in a transition era in China, and doing it as on-the-job training. The books are also packed with insightful warnings, useful lessons, and potential remedies. One can see that urban China can be a living laboratory, and the window of opportunity to get it right is narrow and fast closing.

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Yan Song is assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include economics of land use regulations, growth management, and spatial analysis of urban form. Chengri Ding is associate professor at the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland in College Park. He specializes in urban economics, housing and land studies, GIS, and spatial analysis.

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