| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 512 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; Chapter One Preservation vs. Demolition; Chapter Two Antagonizing Views on Beijing's City Planning; Chapter ThreeThe "Liang-Chen Proposal"; Chapter Four Controversy on "Liang-Chen Proposal"; Chapter Five Controversy on Dawuding; Chapter Six Perplexities of the Wise; Chapter Seven Pedantism; Chapter Eight Blueprint Revealed; Chapter Nine Clean Break between the Old and the New; Chapter Ten Lingering Sound, Hard to Die; Index |
| Summary |
In 2003, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency journalist Wang Jun published the bestseller "Beijing Record", the result of ten years of research on the urban transformation of Beijing in the last fifty years. Home to more than 15 million people, this ancient capital city - not surprisingly - has a controversial, complicated history of planning and politics, development and demolition. The publication raises a number of unsettling questions: Why has a valuable historical architecture such as city ramparts, gateways, old temples, memorial archways and the urban fabric of hutongs (traditional |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
City planning -- China -- Beijing -- History
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Regional Planning.
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City planning
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Sociology & Social History.
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Social Sciences.
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Communities - Urban Groups.
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China -- Beijing
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011410142 |
| ISBN |
9789814295734 |
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9814295736 |
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1283148358 |
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9781283148351 |
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