View No. 3 (2012): Urban Vitality in Dutch and Chinese New Towns
No. 3 (2012)
Urban Vitality in Dutch and Chinese New Towns

Jing Zhou

432 pages

ISBN 978-1479183364

Published: 2012-11-27

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  • Urban Vitality in Dutch and Chinese New Towns A comparative study between Almere and Tongzhou

    Jing Zhou
    1-432

    Building new towns seems to be a rational regionalization approach that releases pressure from overly burdened large cities. This strategy was developed in Western Europe in the middle of twentieth century. Since the 1990s, the European new town model has been widely implemented in China. However, the author questions the feasibility of the large-scale, hasty new town developments. The study of worldwide new town experiences, especially European and Chinese cases, demonstrates that many...