Urban loopholes: creative alliances of spatial production in Shanghai’s city center / Ying Zhou

By:

Zhou, Ying

Language: English Publication details: Birkhauser Verlag GmbH, 2017. Basel:Description: 447 pISBN:

9783035611045

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

711.4 ZHO-U

Contents:

Introduction -- The residential neighborhood -- The cultural street -- The midtown of China -- The new economies -- The Contemporary Art Ecologies-- Outlook -- Index of persons, institutions, and firms

Summary: Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism, and heritage protection have formed an alliance for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study, based on the author?s intimate familiarity of the local scene and supplemented by her critical outsider?s insights, describes the strategies, players, and processes of a uniquely Chinese model of urban transformation. Concepts like "Urban Loopholes", "Preservation via inhabitation", and "Gentrification with Chinese characteristics" characterize the specific mechanisms for urban development in Shanghai.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Text/Reserve Book	Library, SPAB I-1	Non Fiction	711.4 ZHO-U (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	Rec. by Anand Wadwekar		010668

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Introduction --
The residential neighborhood --
The cultural street --
The midtown of China --
The new economies --
The Contemporary Art Ecologies--
Outlook --
Index of persons, institutions, and firms

Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism, and heritage protection have formed an alliance for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study, based on the author?s intimate familiarity of the local scene and supplemented by her critical outsider?s insights, describes the strategies, players, and processes of a uniquely Chinese model of urban transformation. Concepts like "Urban Loopholes", "Preservation via inhabitation", and "Gentrification with Chinese characteristics" characterize the specific mechanisms for urban development in Shanghai.

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