Shanghai Waterfront
Tensions and opportunities at Shanghai’s waterfronts
Laboratories for institutional strategies toward sustainable urban planning and delta design transitions

Presentation Harry den Hartog "Tensions and opportunities at Shanghai’s waterfronts"

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Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft

China’s economic powerhouse Shanghai promises in its latest master plan to be exemplary in sustainable urban planning and design solutions, and to guide urban growth into a sustainable direction. In my research I raise the question how inclusive, safe, resilient sustainable transitions within (delta) waterfront redevelopments can be proactively supported by China’s central-controlled urban planning and design policies and practices, with the case of Shanghai as institutional frontrunner? By elaborating on experiences from China this research combines insights from the (international) Sustainability Transitions discourse with insights from Chinese Ecological Civilization thinking, aimed to realize sustainable urban planning and design alternatives.

Related Publications:

Den Hartog, Harry. (2023). Shanghai's Strive to Excel in Climate Change Adaptation and Low-Carbon Promises: A Model to Follow? In: (ed.) Danielle Spiegel-Feld Katrina Wyman John Coughlin. Global Sustainable Cities - City Governments and Our Environmental Future. NYU Press.

Den Hartog Harry (2019). “Re-defining the Appreciation and Usability of Urban Watersides in the Urban Center and Peri-urban fringes of Shanghai.” European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes 2(1): 37–64. DOI:10.6092/issn.2612-0496/8918

Den Hartog, Harry (2021). Shanghai’s Regenerated Industrial Waterfronts: Urban Lab for Sustainability Transitions? Urban Planning, 6 (3), 181-196. DOI:10.17645/up.v6i3.4194

Den Hartog Harry (2017). Rural to urban transitions at Shanghai's fringes explaining spatial transformation in the backyard of a Chinese mega-city with the help of the Layers-Approach. International Review for Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development Vol.5 No.4 54-72. DOI:10.14246/irspsd.5.4_54

Den Hartog, Harry. (2021). Engineering an ecological civilization along Shanghai’s main waterfront and coastline: Evaluating ongoing efforts to construct an urban eco‐network. Frontiers in Environmental Science. DOI:10.3389/fenvs.2021.639739


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