Urban and Regional Planning in China provides an overview of the changes in China’s planning system, policy, and practices using concrete examples and informative details in language that is accessible enough for the undergraduate but thoroughly grounded in a wealth of research and academic experience to support academics. It is the first accessible text on changing urban and regional planning in China under the process of transition from a centrally planned socialist economy to an emerging market in the world.
Fulong Wu, a leading authority on Chinese cities and urban and regional planning, sets up the historical framework of planning in China including its foundation based on the proactive approach to economic growth, the new forms of planning, such as the ‘strategic spatial plan’ and ‘urban cluster plans’, that have emerged and stimulated rapid urban expansion and transformed compact Chinese cities into dispersed metropolises. And goes on to explain the new planning practices that began to pay attention to eco-cities, new towns and new development areas.
Urban and Regional Planning in China demonstrates that planning is not necessarily an ‘enemy of growth’ and plays an important role in Chinese urbanization and economic growth. On the other hand, it also shows planning’s limitations in achieving a more sustainable and just urban future.

世界上的城市正遭受日益严重的交通问题的“摧残”，其中一个重要的原因就是小汽车的持续增长。无视环境和公共健康的问题，仅从个人出行舒适的角度出发，小汽车显然比公共汽车或其他交通方式更具有吸引力。许多大城市采取了改善公共交通、鼓励步行和自行车出行的措施，以减少小汽车的使用，或者至少引导人们以不同方式使用小汽车。
本书考察了诸多此类尝试，枚举了世界范围内的案例，对建筑师和规划师设计的“交通建筑”和其他城市规划项目进行了分析。书中探讨了新交通系统的改进方式以及这些方式如何与城市环境相互协调的问题。如同今天的高层建筑必须与配备电梯一样，建议今后大规模的城市开发都应提供自动水平移动的系统，从而使未来城市发展可以不依靠私人小汽车。
作者简介：
brian richards（1928—2004），一位英国建筑师、交通顾问、教师、同时也是一个时代的先行者。他致力于为城市里的人们设计良好的工作、生活和交通环境。他还是一个理性主义者，在倡导城市交通私人小汽车之外的另一种选择——步行、自行车、公共汽车、轨道交通时，他也非常注重这些交通方式的可操作性，并为伦敦jubilee轨道线路规划、ki