China's Compressed Urbanization and Urban Planning Responses
Under China's transitional context, a series of social and economic processes, such as industrialization, modernization, globalization and informationization are entwined with the urbanization process, and these processes are expected to be completed in a much shorter period of time than what has been experienced in the West. In addition, various types of constraints have brought more challenges to Chinese cities. As a result, time-space compression is a distinctive characteristic of China's urbanization processes. As a tool for managing urban changes, China's urban planning should response to its unique urbanization context. However, planning theories taught in China mainly originated from foreign experiences, thus led-ing to a conflict between theories and practices. We propose an alternative theoretical framework to explain the unique urbanization processes in China. The new theories should cover discussions on the role of planning, a new system of spatial planning practices, a new urban and rural spatial structure, and a new citizen participation model in transitional China.
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