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This book presents various perspectives on shaping a sustainable urban future for China based on conference discussions of the following questions: What lessons can China learn from other countries through their experiences in combating urban sprawl? What are the “dumb” growth patterns that are economically inefficient, environmentally unfriendly, or socially undesirable in Chinese cities? Finally, to what extent is China’s fragmented planning system responsible for uncoordinated urban growth, and how might it be improved?
Yan Song is assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include economics of land use regulations, growth management, and spatial analysis of urban form.
Chengri Ding is associate professor at the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland in College Park. He specializes in urban economics, housing and land studies, GIS, and spatial analysis.
Foreword, Gregory K. Ingram
Introduction, Yan Song and Chengri Ding
Part I: Defining Smart Growth for China
1. Smart Growth and Urbanization in China: Can an American Tonic Treat the Growing Pains of Asia?, Gerrit Knaap and Xingshuo Zhao
2. Smart Urban Design Strategies for Sustainable Development and Growth in China, Dennis Frenchman
3. Greenbelts in Korea: Implications for Smart Land Use Regulations in China, Chang-Hee Christine Bae
4. Property Tax for Sustainable Urban Development, Chengri Ding and Yan Song
Part II: Identifying Urbanization Distortions in China
5. Managing Urban Development in Chinese Cities, Alain Bertaud, Jan K. Brueckner, and Yuming Fu
6. Consequences of Land Policy in China: Deciphering Several Emerging Urban Forms, Chengri Ding
7. Are Farmland Preservation Policies Intelligent Enough to Protect Arable Land in China?, Roger C. K. Chan
8. Economic Growth, Industrialization, and Population Expansion: Growth, Population, Industrialization, and Urban Land Expansion of China, Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang, Scott Rozelle, and Emi Uchida
Part III: Making Smarter Plans
9. Plan Integration for Coordinated Urban Growth in China, Yang Zhang, Yan Song, and Chengri Ding
10. Toward Better Plans to Guide Smart Development in Chinese Cities, Yan Song and Xiaohong Pan
11. The Physical and Social Dimensions of the Job-Housing Balance in Urban China, Jiawen Yang, Jian Feng, and Ralph Gakenheimer
12. Integrated Land Development–Transportation Models for Chinese Cities: Where’s the Future?, Daniel A. Rodríguez
13. Choosing Areas for Spatial Policy Interventions: Principles to Guide Integrated Spatial Plans, Paul Cheshire
Conclusion, Yan Song and Chengri Ding