Urban Development In Shanghai Research Articles

Analyzing the public spaces along the Huangpu River from the aspects of sustainable development

In recent years, the Huangpu River in Shanghai has paid great attention to urban renewal and ecosystem reconstruction. However, with the development of the city, it also faces many challenges such as inappropriate urban planning and environmental pollution. In this paper, after organizing the existing cases of the old wharves and public green spaces along the Huangpu River, an evaluation system is constructed by selecting indicators from the aspects of sustainable development and ecological environment, and urban planning. They are analyzed and compared from the process of planning and renovation of public spaces in various areas along the riverfront on both sides of the Huangpu River, and the current situation and existing problems are summarized. Finally, the study compares Shanghai with similar waterfront cities, highlights and criticizes Shanghai's urban development process, and gives reasonable suggestions on its ecological environment and sustainable development level, so as to provide references for the renewal of urban public space in the future.

The Development of Golf in Shanghai: Present Situation, Problems and Implementation Path

Into the new era, to explore the development of golf in Shanghai, the existing problems and countermeasures. Around the development of golf in the three aspects of the theoretical issues, namely, how the development of golf in Shanghai, what are the remaining problems, and how to achieve the development of golf. On the basis of current research, this paper analyzes the rules and reference paths of the positive interaction between golf and Shanghai's urban development, so as to provide theoretical guidance and decision-making reference for the healthy development of golf in Shanghai. The research shows that: (1) there are a large number of potential golf consumers in Shanghai, and golf course construction, education and training and event operation are relatively mature. However, in terms of market fit, continuous exploration is still needed to achieve standardization, scale and collaboration development; (2) Compared with the status quo of golf development in the United States, the remaining problems in the development of golf in Shanghai mainly revolve around four aspects: population, courses, education and training and events; (3) The implementation path of the high-quality development of golf in Shanghai includes clarifying the value orientation of golf and pursuing the unity of three-dimensional interests; The implementation of golf industry autonomy and legislation, strict market access mechanism; Existing golf events to do fine and strong, the competition that has not been launched should be introduced and innovated; Develop the whole population golf education, standardize the whole process of education system.

Assessing polycentric urban development in Shanghai, China, with detailed passive mobile phone data

Despite growing studies on the distinction between morphological and functional polycentricity, the present methods for identifying polycentricity often focus on the morphological dimension due to a lack of information about intra-urban functional flows, and are limited by the multifarious nature of people’s spatiotemporal interactions. This study proposes a new approach, examining the degree of polycentricity in Shanghai at the intra-urban level using passive mobile phone data. A series of polycentricity indicators are used and are benchmarked against previous studies. Notably, we found that people’s daily movements within a subcenter indicate that morphological polycentricity is also at play in Shanghai. We conclude that morphological and functional polycentricity may coexist at the intra-urban level, and that a mobile phone data approach can offer an alternative method to elucidate both the morphological and functional features of subcenters.

Influence of risk factors and past events on flood resilience in coastal megacities: Comparative analysis of NYC and Shanghai

Coastal flood protection measures have been widely implemented to improve flood resilience. However, protection levels vary among coastal megacities globally. This study compares the distinct flood protection standards for two coastal megacities, New York City and Shanghai, and investigates potential influences such as risk factors and past flood events. Extreme value analysis reveals that, compared to NYC, Shanghai faces a significantly higher flood hazard. Flood inundation analysis indicates that Shanghai has a higher exposure to extreme flooding. Meanwhile, Shanghai's urban development, population, and economy have increased much faster than NYC's over the last three decades. These risk factors provide part of the explanation for the implementation of a relatively high level of protection (e.g. reinforced concrete sea-wall designed for a 200-year flood return level) in Shanghai and low protection (e.g. vertical brick and stone walls and sand dunes) in NYC. However, individual extreme flood events (typhoons in 1962, 1974, and 1981) seem to have had a greater impact on flood protection decision-making in Shanghai, while NYC responded significantly less to past events (with the exception of Hurricane Sandy). Climate change, sea level rise, and ongoing coastal development are rapidly changing the hazard and risk calculus for both cities and both would benefit from a more systematic and dynamic approach to coastal protection.

Analysis upon the Important Measures of Eco-Environmental System in Shanghai

The poor environmental management has become the bottleneck of Shanghai urban development. it is of great urgency to enhance the system transformation and innovation and improve the eco-environmental system.the article focuses on the important measures of improving Shanghai eco-environmental system in order to provide a reference for accelerating Shanghai's transformation and upgrade and the four-center construction

Towards a Competitive City: Shanghai's Urban Development

This paper investigates Shanghais urban development since 1988 contextualized the series of institutional changes. It examines the rapid urban expansion, and elucidates the large scale and comprehensive re-development within the inner city. The research identifies the transition from government-backed development to property-led development.

'Better City, Better Life' Representing Shanghai in the World Expo Advertising Campaign

With regions in increasingly intense competition for scarce resources and attention, China, as an emerging superpower, has embraced mass events as a means to brand itself to both international and domestic audiences. The 2010 Shanghai World Expo focused on urban development issues and its advertising campaign attempted to construct a particular understanding of the concept of cities and urban life, focusing on the urban community and the role of individuals as part of the city. Rapid urbanization often brings with it several problems and the Expo campaign attempted to address some of these issues, for instance, presenting sustainable development as following from and not in opposition to urbanization and urban residents as sharing the same needs and vision for the future. China is one of the most rapidly urbanizing nations in the world and Shanghai, as it’s largest city, constitutes as test bed for urban development elsewhere. The discourses surrounding urban development in Shanghai have broad relevance across China and abroad, and the urban planning choices made in Shanghai will have long-term affects across the globe. This study will first provide the context of the event based on news reports, official publications and interviews, then review the history and literature surrounding Chinese mass communication, mass events and regional branding. Based on this foundation, this study will address the question of how the city of Shanghai is represented in the Expo advertising campaign.

The growth of global hub port cities under globalisation: The case of Shanghai international shipping centre

This article takes the Shanghai international shipping centre as a detailed case study of the relations between port and city. The relationship between port growth, economic development and foreign trade is examined in detail. The article argues that the success of urban development in Shanghai results from both the favourable market opportunities and the rational urban development strategies pursued by the city government of Shanghai. Massive foreign direct investment in Shanghai has resulted in large-scale outward-processing activity and explosive growth in imports and exports. The article shows that the Asian hub port-city consolidation model has ignored the differences between port cities in the region. Three models of global hub port-city are proposed to describe the different cases of Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Shanghai fits the model of a city-serving global hub port-city, which is different from Hong Kong and Singapore. This reflects the particular stage of hub port-city development of Sha...

Shanghai's Rapid Urbanization: How Sustainable?

By applying the compact city model, this paper investigates the sustainability performance of Shanghai's urban development since the mid-1990s and the implications for future urban policies. It argues that despite the planned poly nucleated urban form and the intensive compaction brought about by the exponential growth in high rises, the sustainability benefits of densification are dwarfed by spatial specialization, increasing private transport, relocation of residents from the city centre, and inadequate public services provision especially in smaller residential developments. Nonetheless, owing to the past cellular planning approach, land use in the central city is still highly mixed, and public transport still dominates. General liveability has also been improved significantly, while the pollution problems are reportedly less serious than expected. This study argues that neighbourhood planning must be emphasized, that the mass transit systems shoidd be vigorously developed, and that the affordability problems of the low-income migrant workers need to be resolved.

Urban spatial restructuring in transitional economy—Changing land use pattern in Shanghai

For almost three decades, China has been undergoing significant transition from a planned economy to a market economy. Fast-paced economic growth and urbanization, interacting with market-oriented reforms in land resources allocation, have caused profound spatial restructuring of Chinese cities. This paper examines urban expansion and land use reconfiguration in Shanghai’s central city from 1979 to 2002, with a special focus on the effect of the adoption of the land-leasing system in 1988. The empirical research, which employs GIS-based spatial analysis techniques to explore land use data for multiple years, indicates fundamental changes in the spatial characteristics of urban development in Shanghai after this important land policy reform.

An analysis of the relationship between spatial patterns of water quality and urban development in Shanghai, China

Recent urban development in Shanghai, the largest city in China, and its impact on the water environment are examined in this study. The area of built-up surface was obtained from the classification of the Landsat 7 ETM+ images of the year 2000 for Shanghai. The proportion of built-up surface and population density were extracted from buffer zones with radii ranging from 100 to 2000 m, and used in regression analysis against various water quality parameters at 44 water quality monitoring stations across metropolitan Shanghai. Results suggest that in most cases, the pattern of urban land use as represented by the built-up surface was a stronger predictor than population density in explaining spatial patterns of water quality parameters in Shanghai. The best models of most water quality parameters were found for buffer zones of 2000 m radius rather than for smaller buffers, indicating the regional nature of the factors that influence water quality in the study area. Evidence suggests that strong associations between land use, population density, and water quality result from the contribution of untreated domestic wastewater and non-point pollution sources to waterways in Shanghai. Such relationships should remain strong in the near future until measures to increase the capacity of wastewater treatment and control of non-point pollution sources are fully implemented.

Globalization, Place Promotion and Urban Development in Shanghai

ABSTRACT:Globalization, rather than being a definite outcome, is a political discourse embedded in a complicated process. The perception of the coming global era casts a shadow on economies that are under market transition. Shanghai, the largest city in China, provides a vivid case for understanding local responses to globalization. The city has seen unprecedented growth in foreign investment and foreign trade since the adoption of the open door policy in 1978. The key argument of this article is that the influence of globalization does not lie in the quantity of foreign investment but in the catalytic effect brought about by foreign investment and foreign trade.

Decentralization, Localization, and the Emergence of a Quasi-participatory Decision-making Structure in Urban Development in Shanghai

China is in transition not only in the economic sense but also in restructuring its decision-making system. The research examines impacts of decentralization as a top-down initiative and localization as a bottom-up response to maximize local interests in the decision-making structure in urban development in Shanghai. The study reveals the emergence of a quasi-participatory decision structure in urban development in the form of 'expert consulting' within municipal government, sub-districts' (street offices) active involvement in local development issues, and the newly created owners associations at the neighborhood level.

The head of the dragon: The Pudong new area and Shanghai's urban development

In April 1990, Premier Li Peng officially sanctioned the proposed development of the “Pudong New Area” (Pudong Xinchu) in the most advanced economic centre of the country — the Shanghai municipality. The plan, grand in conception and bold in design, will be the linchpin in revitalizing Shanghai proper, and in anchoring the future development of the entire Yangzi River region spanning most of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. Pudong, described by Lin Tongyan as a “treasure land unique in the world” comprises a 350 square kilometre land mass between the east bank of the Huangpu River, Shanghai's main water arterial, and the East China Sea. Yet historically, it has remained comparatively undeveloped though it lies in close proximity to Shanghai's city centre. The plan (in the words of its boosters) represents the final materialization of the “long cherished scheme of Pudong development” which “further demonstrates the determination of the nation to open a wider door to the outside world”. I...