TY - BOOK ID - 18405587 TI - Remaking Chinese urban form : modernity, scarcity and space, 1949 - 2005. PY - 2006 SN - 0415354501 PB - London Routledge DB - UniCat KW - City planning KW - Communism and architecture KW - Danwei KW - Sociology, Urban KW - History KW - History. KW - 711.4 <51> KW - 72.036 <510> KW - 911.375 <5> KW - Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw--China KW - Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw--?<510> KW - Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities--Azië KW - 72.036 <510> Moderne bouwkunst. Architectuur van de 20e eeuw--?<510> KW - 711.4 <51> Gemeentelijke planologie. Stadsplanning. Stedenbouw--China KW - S11/0470 KW - S17/1610 KW - 316.334.56 KW - 316.334.56 Stadssociologie--(algemeen) KW - Stadssociologie--(algemeen) KW - Tanwei KW - Communism KW - Industrial sociology KW - Architecture and communism KW - Architecture KW - China: Social sciences--Cities: since 1949 KW - China: Art and archaeology--Civil architecture UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:18405587 AB - This book charts the evolution of the contemporary Chinese urban built environment. Following the socialist revolution of 1949, China's architects and planners attempted to remodel urban settlements according to modern neighborhood design and planning principles. However, the gigantic social upheaval left these attempts unsuccessful. The result was a divided landscape: a modern functional urban world of work units (danwei) - the largely self-contained entities which integrated workplace, housing, and social services - strictly separated from an underdeveloped rural world. Against this background and drawing on urban studies, environmental design history, urban studies, and critical theory, questions of Chinese modernity, nation building, spatial injustice, and urban-rural conflict are explored. ER -