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Author:   Zhongjie Lin (Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA) ,  José L. S. Gámez (University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9781138208995

ISBN 10:   113820899
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   10 April 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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List of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface Part I: Framing the Discourse of Vertical Urbanism 1. Vertical Urbanism: Re-conceptualizing the Compact City 2. When New Urbanism Gets Old: Cultural Difference in Global City Design 3. Hong Kong’s Transit-Oriented Podium-Tower Development 4. City without Landmark: The Soft City for the Ageing Society 5. From Manhattan-ism to Bigness: Reconsidering an Alternative Urbanism of Rem Koolhaas Part II: Urban Design and Transformation of Chinese Cities 6. The City after the City 7. Urban Regeneration and Public Space Making: Case Study of Urban Design for the North Bund in Shanghai 8. Urbanism in a Skyscraper: A Study of Vertical Malls in Hong Kong 9. Deterritorialization and the Collective Memories of Contemporary Shanghai 10. Restoring Hydrophilic Cities: Strategies of Urban Waterfront Space Classification and Design in Suzhou 11. Vertical Development and Urban Design: The Jiefangbei Experience Part III: Compact City and Eco-city 12. Performance-based Model for Vertical Urbanism 13. Compact Development in Hong Kong 14. Spatial Metrics of Urban Form: Measuring Compact Cities in China 15. Eco-city Planning in China: A Review of Policies and Cases 2009–2015 16. Living off the Ground: Cautionary Tales from a Small Island Part IV Expanding Pedagogical Territory 17. Experiencing the Compact City: A Pedagogy of Global Engagement 18. Suzhou Industrial Park High-speed Rail Station Business District 19. Redevelopment of Xiangmen Area in the Historic Center of Suzhou 20. Wuyuan Bay Waterfront Redevelopment in Xiamen Index

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Zhongjie Lin is Director of the Master of Urban Design Program at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and cofounder of Futurepolis, a cross-disciplinary design practice. A 2013 Guggenheim Fellow, he studies modern architectural avant-garde movements, theory and practice of urban design, and contemporary architecture and urbanism in East Asia, and has published extensively in these areas. José L.S. Gámez is an Associate Professor of Architecture and the Associate Director of the School of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His research explores the role of community-engaged scholarship in public interest design, the roles of culture and identity in architecture and urbanism, and critical art and design practices.

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