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Re-orientation of the city plan: Strategic planning and design competition in China

by: Fulong Wu
Geoforum, Vol. 38, No. 2. (March 2007), pp. 379-392, doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.05.011  Key: citeulike:12049879

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Rather than being abandoned along with the demise of the centrally planned economy, city planning as a profession is flourishing in China. New hybrid plans such as strategic development plans (concept plans) have been invented, and the planning procedure has become more flexible. Design competition and planning consultancy are widespread. This paper examines the development of new strategic development plans and design competition. It is argued that city planning has been re-orientated from a technical rationale, i.e. allocating state development projects to the city, to the imperative derived from market-oriented development, i.e. consolidating competitiveness during inter-city competition. The contradiction between market and planning is that while the status of city planning has been raised and its approach is becoming more strategic, the actual functionality of city planning has become more instrumental.


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