The Shenzhen experiment : the story of China's instant city /

"A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab 'i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Du, Juan (Author of Shenzhen experiment) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Urban renewal > China > Shenzhen Shi.
City planning > China > Shenzhen Shi.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
City planning.
Urban renewal.
Shenzhen Shi (China) > History.
Shenzhen Jingji Tequ (Shenzhen Shi, China)
China > Shenzhen Jingji Tequ (Shenzhen Shi)
China > Shenzhen Shi.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Myth of Shenzhen
  • Part I. National Relevance. Song for "The Story of Spring ; The "Southern Tours" That Changed China
  • Part II. Regional History. Gateway City to the South China Sea ; Oysters of the Pearl River Delta
  • Part III. City Construction. Towers by the Hong Kong Border ; Nail House on "Wall Street
  • Part IV. District Transformation. Corporate Village in the Central Business District ; "Slum" in the High-Tech Garden City
  • Conclusion: City of Critical Experimentation.

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