Chinese City and Regional Planning Systems

Download or read book Chinese City and Regional Planning Systems written by Dr Li Yu and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-03-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the Chinese planning system is vitally important to the rapid development which has been taking place over the past three decades, this is the first text to provide a comprehensive examination and critical evaluation of this system. It sets the current system in historical context and explains the hierarchy of government departments responsible for planning and construction, the different types of plans produced and recent urban planning innovations which have been put into practice. Illustrated with boxed empirical case studies, it shows the problems faced by the planning system in facing the uncertainty in the market economy.