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China’s extended urbanization driven by the “consumption city” in the context of financialized ecological civilization 金融化生态文明背景下“消费城市”驱动下的中国延伸性城市化

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221101720

T. Theurillat, Florence Graezer Bideau

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引用次数: 8

Beyond abstract space: Architectural experiments for dwelling and concrete utopia in urban China 超越抽象空间:中国城市住宅与混凝土乌托邦的建筑实验

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221111499

Junxi Qian, Yanheng Lu

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引用次数: 2

Reformulating the developmental state theory to explain Chinese spatial planning 重新建构发展状态理论以解释中国空间规划

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221109378

J. Sonn, M. Choi

引用次数: 2

Social justice in China’s cities: Urban-rural restructuring and justice-oriented planning 中国城市的社会正义:城乡结构调整与正义规划

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221111799

Jesse Rodenbiker

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引用次数: 0

Changing nature of the work units and urban governance in China: The enduring influence of public institutions 单位性质变迁与中国城市治理:事业单位的持久影响

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221109379

Kevin Wang

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引用次数: 1

Families in transition: Living arrangements and intergenerational support in 21st century China 转型期家庭:21世纪中国的生活安排与代际支持

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221096767

Youqin Huang, Yuyao Li, W. Clark

引用次数: 2

City-regionalism and (re)framing the urban question in China 城市区域主义与(重新)构建中国城市问题

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221116062

Yi Li, Andrew E. G. Jonas

引用次数: 4

Densification and health in China: A U-shaped association between population density and obesity 中国人口密度与健康:人口密度与肥胖呈u型关系

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221111500

Bindong Sun, Chun Yin, Xiajie Yao

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引用次数: 4

The temporal variation of housing financialisation: a case study of China 住房金融化的时间变化:以中国为例

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221113948

Julie T. Miao

引用次数: 2

Intergenerational gendered livelihoods: Marriage, matchmaking and Rural-Urban migration in China 代际性别生计:中国的婚姻、婚介与城乡人口迁移

Transactions in Planning and Urban Research Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/27541223221109358

C. Fan

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引用次数: 1