Japanese nail house (dingzihu –钉子户)?
In the last few years, the phenomenon of the “nail house” (dingzi hu – 钉子户) has become rather frequent in China, as land acquisitions are ubiquitous and residents are usually not satisfied with either...
View ArticleTransitional Property Rights and Local Developmental History in China
Paper written by Daniel Abramson (Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington), published in the Journal of Urban Studies (SAGE Publications), 2011.
View ArticleNew pilot plan to liberalise the rural land market
The follow-up document, nongdi rushi shidian fang’an (农地入市试点方案), aims at developing the policies issued from the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CCP held in November 2013.
View ArticleArrival City: How the Largest Migration in History is Reshaping Our World
Book written by Doug Saunders (European Bureau Chief and foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail), and published by Knopf Canada (September 21, 2010).
View Article城市规划原理 (Principles of Urban Planning)
4th edition of the volume edited by a team of professors from the Tongji University, with Li Dehua (李德华) as chief editor. Published by Zhongguo jianzhu gongye chubanshe (中国建筑工业出版社) in 2010.
View ArticleWill urbanisation do away with nomads?
This photo was taken near Langmu monastery (Langmusi - 浪木寺) in April 2010. This area marks the administrative dividing line between the provinces of Gansu and Sichuan. According to the Tibetan...
View ArticleKilling Time
This photo was taken in November 2013 in Hechuan district, Chongqing. Farmers have been relocated and concentrated in a remote area with little or no public transportation (as of the date when the...
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