Cities in flux : urban redensification in Detroit and Guangzhou / Christopher Crachiola, Taylor Crompton, Zhaoyin Feng, Shalini P. Vajjhala.
A shrinking Detroit and an expanding Guangzhou shape this case, which aims to introduce readers to the nuances of population density and the importance of redensification in sustainable urban planning. Detroit and Guangzhou embody two strikingly distinct sustainable development challenges. In the pa...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
University of Washington, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance,
2014.
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| Series: | SAGE Knowledge. Cases.
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | A shrinking Detroit and an expanding Guangzhou shape this case, which aims to introduce readers to the nuances of population density and the importance of redensification in sustainable urban planning. Detroit and Guangzhou embody two strikingly distinct sustainable development challenges. In the past several decades, Detroit has deurbanized rapidly, sprawled unsustainably, and watched its population plummet from nearly 2 million to 700,000 in just 50 years. With a population of 14 million, Guangzhou has encountered overurbanization and overdensification: the population continues to grow by 500,000 per year, and Guangzhou's downtown population density has grown six times that of Detroit. Yet Guangzhou's overdensification has imposed significant socioeconomic costs in the form of congestion, pollution, and deteriorating public services. Despite being charged with correcting opposite problems, Detroit's mayor, Mike Duggan, and Guangzhou's mayor, Jianhua Chen, have decided on the same solution: redensification. Redensification is the process of reallocating populations and jobs in targeted areas of a city in order to optimize quality of life and public services, as well as economic prosperity. In pursuing the same objective of redensification, the cities are considering similar strategies: rezoning and redefined land use, enhanced public transportation, and green urban infrastructure, to name a few. This case ends by prompting students to consider these strategies: which are the most important for achieving redensification? |
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| Item Description: | Originally Published InCrachiola, C., Crompton, T., Feng, Z., & Vajjhala, S.P. (2014). Cities in flux: Urban redensification in Detroit and Guangzhou. Seattle, WA: Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 1526483602 9781526483607 |