Rapid Urbanization and the Informational Metacity in China

Authors

David Grahame Shane

Publication Date

2015-01-01

Abstract

An informational revolution created a new awareness of recent rapid global urbanization, with China providing a clear case study. Big data and global statistics created a governmental model ofan informational Metacity exemplified by China's Shanghai Expo, but this model has unintended consequences. Some consequences such as mass tourism are global in character with Chinese characteristics. Others such as the conversion of old factory Danwei and urban villages are local and specifically Chinese. The scale and speed of China's urbanization and the Shanghai Expo provides a special laboratory for the study of the development of multi-scalar and mixed-use in a context of Asian smart city discourse.

First Page

51

Last Page

74

Recommended Citation

Shane, David Grahame (2015) "Rapid Urbanization and the Informational Metacity in China," NAKHARA (Journal of Environmental Design and Planning): Vol. 11: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/nakhara/vol11/iss1/5