02690nam 2200565 a 450 991082856280332120230725050542.01-283-14835-89786613148353981-4295-73-6(CKB)2550000000039699(EBL)737645(OCoLC)742333501(SSID)ssj0000632506(PQKBManifestationID)12217379(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632506(PQKBWorkID)10627657(PQKB)11786657(MiAaPQ)EBC737645(WSP)00007648(Au-PeEL)EBL737645(CaPaEBR)ebr10480227(CaONFJC)MIL314835(EXLCZ)99255000000003969920110712d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBeijing record a physical and political history of planning modern Beijing /Wang JunHackensack, N.J. World Scientific20111 online resource (537 p.)Description based upon print version of record.981-4295-72-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgement; Chapter One Preservation vs. Demolition; Chapter Two Antagonizing Views on Beijing's City Planning; Chapter Three The "Liang-Chen Proposal"; Chapter Four Controversy on "Liang-Chen Proposal"; Chapter Five Controversy on Dawuding; Chapter Six Perplexities of the Wise; Chapter Seven Pedantism; Chapter Eight Blueprint Revealed; Chapter Nine Clean Break between the Old and the New; Chapter Ten Lingering Sound, Hard to Die; IndexIn 2003, the Chinese Xinhua News Agency journalist Wang Jun published the bestseller ""Beijing Record"", the result of ten years of research on the urban transformation of Beijing in the last fifty years. Home to more than 15 million people, this ancient capital city - not surprisingly - has a controversial, complicated history of planning and politics, development and demolition. The publication raises a number of unsettling questions: Why has a valuable historical architecture such as city ramparts, gateways, old temples, memorial archways and the urban fabric of hutongs (traditional alleywaCity planningChinaBeijingBeijing (China)History20th centuryCity planning307.12160951156Wang Jun855712MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828562803321Beijing record4006228UNINA