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THE SHENZHEN PHENOMENON IBD

ROUTLEDGE
09 / 2020
9780367415945
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The Shenzhen Phenomenon is a comprehensive and systematic study about how Shenzhen, the worldâÇÖs fastest growing city, has developed into an international metropolis from scratch within 40 years. It unravels the decision and policy making, planning, design, and development processes that have enabled the cityâÇÖs rapid growth, and associated problems and paradoxes. It also reveals the politics and power that have propelled this experimental city to spearhead Deng XiaopingâÇÖs âÇÖreform and opening-upâÇÖ agenda, which has made the city and remade the nation. This book demystifies several long-held misperceptions through identifying ShenzhenâÇÖs rise as an opportunity deriving from a crisis, as a product of both grassroots ingenuity and top vision, and as both a planned city and an unplanned city. Produced on the 40th anniversary of Shenzhen, this timely volume not only offers a comprehensive and systematic chronicle of the city, but also opens a window to understand ChinaâÇÖs new city making and urbanisation. It will be of interest to academics, students and practitionersáin the field of urban and Chinese studies, as well as urban planning and design.