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Shanghai transforming : the changing physical, economic, social and environmental conditions of a global metropolis. / txt Iker Gil, ed. - First edition - 271 p. ill. (chiefly col.) ; maps ; 24 cm. book

Collected essays. Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:
20 Physical Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs --
66 Shanghai Robert Venturi + Denise Scott Brown --
72 Shanghai’s Spectacles Sharon Haar --
76 Urbanizing China Peter G. Rowe --
80 Disaggregating the Global Economy: Shanghai Saskia Sassen --
86 Economic Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs --
150 Nostalgia Haolun Shu --
152 Shanghai Transforming Juan de Dios Perez --
156 Shanghai Back Lot Greg Girard --
160 Close-Up: Shanghai? Jonathan Miller --
170 Social Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs --
204 From Lilong to International Community Xiangning Li + Xiaochun Zhang --
212 Boys of “Long-Tang” Weigang Qiu --
214 Towards a Precipitous Typology Silas Chiow --
218 Environmental Transformation Maps, Charts and Graphs --
250 Poles Sol Madridejos + Juan Carlos Sancho --
258 Chongming Island: Greening Shanghai in the 21st-Century Philip Enquist --
266 Contributors --
267 Acknowledgments --
268 Illustration Credits --


ISBN: 9788496954663

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Urbanization--China--Shanghai.
Shanghai (China)--21st century--Environmental conditions

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Shanghai (China)--Social conditions--21st century.
Shanghai (China)--Economic conditions--21st century.

LC Class. No.: NA1547.S5 / G55 2008