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○By the end of 1991, there have beenaltogether 479 cities in mainland China, anincrease of 12 over the previous year. Theurban population in the mainland was343.97 million (including the agriculturalpopulation in cities), accounting for 30.12%of the total population, an increase of0.74% over 1990. The non-agricultural     

Development of Human Settlements in China in 1980s

During 1980s, China experienced an unprecedented settlement development which wastriggered by a major change of policies. lmplication of this development in the overall nationalsocio-economic development has been profound and lasting. It is no exaggeration to say that thesuccess of this settlement development has been playing an incomparable role in keeping the so-cial, political and economic stability of our country in the past volatile decade. The author of this paper has an intention to present readers with essentialmatter-of-facts about this development through the use of statistics and figures; to dis-cuss the reasons or momemturns including reforms and innovations that promoted therealization of this development; to explore issues relating to further development.     

至in玩物

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至in玩物

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Social in SoHo

这块地方曾经是基督教会的成员——科学家们进行礼拜的场所．现在却成为了那些墨水爱好者的祭坛。SoHo的伍斯特街社交俱乐部（WoosterStreetSocialClub）不仅从事纹身的业务．而且还是OriginalMedia拍摄其电视真人秀节目”NYInk（纽约墨水）”的现场。OriginalMedia的执行总裁查理·考尔文（CharlieCorwin）说．他曾经设想过这样一个”当代的工厂．工厂里一些富有创意的人们和项目能够通过展览、剧本阅读和现场表演来实现不同品种之间的相互影响和借鉴。”     

Challenge in Protecting Famous Historic and Cultural Cities in New Situation and Some Issues in Understanding

China is now in a period of fast economic growth withlarge-scale construction.Especially since 1992 some statelevel famous historic and cultural cities are undergoing aprocess of land leasing and transferring the the land userights,trying to attract domestic and foreign fund for devel-opment of their old city propers.Therefore, it has becomeextremely urgent as to how to handle properly the relation-ship between conservation of these cities and their econom-ic development and construction. It is well known that China is a country with an an-cient civilization.Its rich historic remains and cultural heri-tage are appreciated by the whole world. The protectionand preservation of this heritage is an issue of concern notonly for all the decendents of the Chinese nation but alsofor other countries and peoples,for this heritage is an essen-tial part of the cultural heritage of the whole mankind.Tenitems from China have been included in the list of the worldnatural and cultural heritages under protection publish     

Path-dependency in public–private partnership in French urban renewal

Public–private partnership in urban renewal in France concerns mainly housing, transport infrastructure and large public facilities. The distinction between public, private and civil actors does not concern social and economic development. This situation tends to limit the integration of different issues and approaches in renewal projects. Also, French urban renewal projects do not produce a new type of partnership between public and private actors and the regulatory framework. These projects remain publicly dominated policy-making procedures because of the uneven distribution of resources and assets and despite a policy discourse emphasising the need for a new division of work between state, market and civil society. The current French situation cannot be understood without bearing in mind the history of urban planning policies in France. Using a historical analysis and the path-dependence approach, we highlight the resilience of inherited structures of interaction between public and private actors.     

A Longest Viaduct in China Has Been Completed in Guangzhou

A longest viaduct in China at the pres-ent,the viaduct over the Renmin Road andthe No.623 Road has been completed andopened to traffic in a few days after tenmonths of hard work of construction.The Renmin Road and the No.623Road in the western district of Guangzhouare narrow with twists and turns and over20 crossroads.The streets are lined up with     

A Review of Urban Planning in China in the 1980s

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The role of partnerships in water‐related research in Palestine

This study analyses the good effect of science and engineering inputs from partnerships and applied research in promoting sustainable management of water and environmental resources in Palestine. The capacity building achieved during the past 10 years at the Institute of Environmental and Water Studies (IEWS) is reviewed. Palestine faces major constraints, and these affect everyone and everything. A problem‐solving approach can be beneficial.     

Problems in Housing Reform

Housing reform is an important com-ponent of comprehensive urban reform. Thereform of the irrational housing system will,on the one hand, solve the urgent housingproblem so as to stimulate people's enthusi-asm for reform and, on the other, shift the     

Sizing up ‘the box’ in order to fit in

Participants in design processes make an effort to come up with solutions that will be deemed acceptable, while accomplishing to ‘think out of the box’. Thinking ‘outside the box’ is often announced as a challenge to and for design teams. ‘The box’ is a metaphor often used in creative processes, and in organisational practices, as a term for rules and regulations, everyday routines and tacit knowledge of ‘how things usually are’ and ‘what we know about the world’. Such a challenge is meant to encourage participants to approach a situation with an open mind, challenge the most basic assumptions and be willing to do things differently. Basically, something different is being called for. Studies have shown that it is striking, how much the participants orient to actually ‘fit’ the box, even when asked to develop it. This paper shows how participants in design processes are ‘sizing up the box’, while participating in meetings or workshops in order to develop a design. They identify key stakeholders of the designated design project; they share their own expectations of these key stakeholders' possible perceptions, discuss the success criteria and negotiate the values that are to govern the design team in the development process.     

A Review of Urban Planning in China in the 1980s

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简讯News in Brief

国际国内盖里揭开芝加哥花园室外音乐厅的面纱弗兰克．盖里（ＦｒａｎｋＧｅｈｒｙ）所设计的芝加哥千禧年公园室外音乐厅（ＣｈｉｃａｇｏＰａｖｉｌｉｏｎ,引起公众极大的反响。特别是音乐厅为了达到听觉上的平衡而将发言席从巨大格子结构长管上悬挂下来,高悬在４．０００座的观众厅上方。工程投资１５００万美元,部分资金由普利兹凯家族提供。盖里的建筑设计手法浪漫而富有表现力。他设计的西班牙北部港市毕尔巴鄂古根汉姆博物馆,为该地区吸引了众多的游客。（桃）海尔默斯．乔治因病去世世界著名建筑师海尔默斯．乔治《Ｇｅｏｒｇｅ…     

皮拉尼西——Lost in Beijing

生活在大笔触的时代,人们关注明显的变化,还处在热衷歌颂现代化的进程中,生活在没有时间的时代,变化的微妙细节很容易被忽略掉。曾经有半个多世纪,中国百姓生活在很粗糙的状态,不仅是物质生活舒适的无法讲究,更重要的是文化上不讲究,相比外界先是政治随后是经济的大浪潮,个人体验显得渺小,微不足道。