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Contemporary Chinese Cities in 21st Century Portal

 

Anthony G.O. Yeh
Department of Urban Planning and Design
The University of Hong Kong

 

Cities play a major role in national development and in the global economy. The transformation of China cities from planned socialist cities to global ones is phenomenal. With the rise of China in the 21st century, Chinese cities are experiencing more rapid growth in terms of its economy, population and urban development, and their urban landscapes are changing everyday, which has brought tremendous opportunities as well as challenges.
 
This portal provides a one stop web site to find out about information related to contemporary Chinese cities development available in the web and also glossary and English-Chinese bibliography developed by Anthony Yeh of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the University of Hong Kong. The contents of the portal include :
  • Information on Individual Chinese Cities
  • Statistics of Chinese Cities
  • Videos of Chinese Cities
  • English-Chinese Urban Planning Glossary (英中/中英城市規劃語匯) - Chinese and English urban planning terms used in Hong Kong SAR, China, and Taiwan, China. It can be searched either in English or Chinese.
  • Bibliography on Socio-Economic Development and Urban Development in China and Bibliography on Socio-Economic Development and Urban Development in Hong Kong edited by Anthony G.O. Yeh (1999)
  • Research Centres