Archive | 2019
Recommendations for Comprehensive Improvements in Urban Development and Management
Abstract
China has made great achievements in urban development. Some of China’s larger cities are already world-class in terms of infrastructure. Nonetheless, China’s pattern of urban development has overlooked management and quality, causing a series of problems including the loss of urban features, poor management, the emergence of shanty towns and the unreasonably rapid expansion of very large and ultra-large cities. At the Central Urbanization Work Conference in 2013, the Chinese government announced that one of the main tasks for future urbanization would be improving the quality of urban development. Taking reality and policy context into account, future efforts for new urbanization should focus on addressing existing problems facing urban development and management in China and taking measures to improve both aspects, thereby facilitating sustainable urban development and achieving high-quality, healthy urbanization.