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SESSION 4: URBAN SUSTAINABILITY | YSI Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND POLICY
YSI Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND USE
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Description
This is the last session of the Reading Group on CHINA’S LAND USE PLANNING AND POLICY, organized by the Philosophy of Economics WG.
SESSION 4 will focus on two articles on urban sustainability. Ghost cities are one of the most visible negative effects of property-led urban development. What can be done better in the future?
The session will feature a 15 minutes presentation summing up the article's main ideas and discussion will follow. All are welcome!
Session 4: Urban Sustainability – JUNE 30, THURSDAY, 10AM EDT/ 2PM GMT/ 10PM CHINA
Session presented by the Sustainability WG
PIERRE LACK (London School of Economics, UK and Peking University, China)
June 30, 2022
(9 pages) Jiang, Y., Mohabir, N., Ma, R., & Zhu, P. (2017). Sorting through Neoliberal Variations of Ghost Cities in China. Land Use Policy, DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2017
(12 pages) Yunqing Xu, Ramin Keivani & Albert Junjian Cao (2018) Urban sustainability indicators re-visited: lessons from property-led urban development in China, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, DOI: 10.1080/14615517.2018.1447735
For any QUERIES past the project’s end, do not hesitate to contact the webinar’s organizer and moderator Diana Soeiro at dianasoeiro.drphil@gmail.com . You can access the project’s webpage here .
Hosted by Working Group(s):
Organizers
Attendees
Diana Soeiro
Guido D'Angelo
Vicente Mosso Pausic
farhad gohardani
Sattwick Dey Biswas
Guanchi Zhang
Guanchi Zhang
David Livingston
Namira Shameem
Pierre Lack
Celso Gonzalez
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