by Wujun LIU, (PhD) & Xiang HUANG, (PhD)

About Wujun LIU

About Xiang HUANG

This is a book that presents the basic information of Shanghai as a city and highlights some key, influential projects of urban development undertaken since the 1970s. While reviewing the many rounds of urban planning Shanghai has gone through since the mid-19th century, the book examines in detail the 2001 Master City Plan of Shanghai, covering such aspects of Shanghai's urban development as its nature, size, development strategy, overall distribution, industrial development, transportation, environment, preservation of historical sites, residential construction, social undertakings, infrastructures, disaster prevention, underground space planning, town planning, and other special topics. Last but not least, it also introduces Shanghai's urban planning administration systems as well as the examination and approval procedures.

Published by Cengage Learning Asia and marketed by World Scientific Publishing Co.

• Overview of Shanghai
• Past Glory of Shanghai
• Reform and Opening-up of Shanghai
• Urban Planning of Shanghai since 1844
• Master City Plan of Shanghai in 2001
• Cities and Towns: Planning in the City Region of in Shanghai
• The Eleventh Five-Year Plan and the Short- and Mid-term Development of Shanghai
• Special Planning
• Highlight Districts
• Urban Planning Administration
• Technical Parameters on Urban Planning