The the story of China's instant city Du, Juan. (Author of Shenzhen experiment) creator text bibliography mau 2020 monographic eng

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376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab "instant city," but a place influenced by deep local history.-- Introduction: The myth of Shenzhen -- Part I. National relevance: Song for the "Story of spring" -- The "southern tours" that changed China -- Part II. Regional history: Gateway city to the South China Sea -- Oysters of the Pearl River Delta -- Part III. City construction: Towers by the Hong Kong border -- Nail-house on "Wall Street" -- Part IV. District transformation: Corporate village in the central business district -- "Slum" in the high-tech garden city -- Conclusion: City of critical experimentation. Juan Du. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-cc--- Urban renewal China Shenzhen Shi Rehabilitación urbana Urbanismo China City planning China Shenzhen Shi Shenzhen Shi (China) History 408 DS 797.77 D812s 2020 951.2/7 9780674975286 (harcover) 2019014447 MH/DLC 190415 20240501120842.0 20949713 spa