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Building Resilient Cities in China: The Nexus between Planning and Science - Selected Papers from the 7th International Association for China Planning Conference, Shanghai, China, June 29 - July 1, 2013 (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
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Building Resilient Cities in China: The Nexus between Planning and Science - Selected Papers from the 7th International Association for China Planning Conference, Shanghai, China, June 29 - July 1, 2013 (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Series: GeoJournal Library, 113
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This book discusses a range of planning and management issues
related to building urban resiliency. It covers such topics as
urban, environmental, and transportation planning, historical
preservation, emergency relief and management, geographic
information systems (GIS) and other technological applications. The
book includes case studies of several cities and districts in
China, including Shanghai, and a number of cities in the United
States of America. Urban resiliency in the face of uncertainty is a
priority for planning and governance in communities worldwide. In
China, which has suffered many of the world's most devastating
floods, earthquakes, and typhoons, preparing for the threat of
disaster has long been an important planning objective. Recent
calamities, such as the 2008 Winter Storms, the 2008 Wenchuan
Earthquake, and the 2012 Beijing Floods have only made planning for
resiliency more urgent. As planners work to prepare for such
events, interdisciplinary collaboration becomes increasingly
important. Planners need the tools and insights offered by other
fields, including both the natural and social sciences. At the same
time, these interdisciplinary relationships help shape the identity
of urban-rural planning in its new role as one of China's primary
academic disciplines. Thus, the nexus between planning and science
is critically important in building resilient cities in China, and
the Chinese planning experience can serve as an example to and
benefit countries around the world.
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