Panel Discussion on Chinese Urbanism, Wed Oct 1 2014
Wendy Black
Urbanization in China: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
1:00 - 4:30
PIT, Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism, Carleton University
While the population of China – the world’s most populous country – has stabilized over the last several decades, Chinese cities have grown exponentially. In the past thirty years some 300 million Chinese have moved from rural to urban areas. Shanghai, the world’s largest city, has grown by a whopping twelve million inhabitants since 1985. By contrast, Canada’s largest metropolitan area, Toronto, has added just over two million residents in the same period.
The Urbanization in China event brings together a number of key experts to examine challenges associated with China’s rapid urbanization. Among the issues to be discussed are the so-called ghost city phenomenon (where housing and infrastructure are built in advance of population increases), the conservation of existing, historically significant urban fabric in the face of immense pressure to intensify, the shift to high-rise living, and the changing landscape of public participation in urban development within China’s evolving political and social milieu.
The process of urbanization in China is by no means over; cities are expected to accommodate an additional 400 million residents by 2050.
Come join in on the discussion and discover what Canada and China can learn from each other.
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This event is generously co-sponsored by the Confucius Institute, the City of Ottawa and Urban Forum. Note that this session is one of a number of sessions in a full-day China Studies Forum sponsored by the Confucius Institute. For more information please see carleton.ca/confucius-institute/?p=1078 ; to register for the full-day, email conf...@carleton.ca . Registration for this session is not required.
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