Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Thursday, September 22, 2005

A typical suburban subdivision -- IN CHINA!

This does not bode well for for sustainable land use planning....

Caption: A view of Thames Town outside Shanghai. Chinese professionals have flocked to purchase some of the 800 units in the one square kilometre urbanisation that is half near completion and will eventually house some 8,000 well-to-do residents. Villas retail for a minimum of nearly 500,000 US dollars (AFP photo).

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