Towards a transition territory

Towards a transition territory: Planning and design strategies to improve social and ecological conditions in the peri-urban area of Shanghai

Xu, Shiming (TU Delft Architecture and the Built Environment)

Furlan, C. (mentor)
Qu, L. (graduation committee)
Nottrot, R.J. (graduation committee)

Delft University of Technology

Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences | Urbanism

2024-01-17

Shanghai has experienced rapid urbanization over the past 30 years, with a large number of rural areas being transformed into semi-urbanized areas with mixed functions. The main drivers were top-down state-led development, market forces, and bottom-up rural industrialization. The scale and speed of this process have far exceeded expectations, leading to a series of socio-ecological problems such as population loss, industrial decline, and environmental pollution. Based on the analysis, this dissertation identifies two development directions: industrial restructuring and ecological protection, to cope with the uncertainty of population growth, a scenario-building approach is used to explore the optimal strategies under different circumstances. Design strategies are extracted through scenario evaluation and applied to strategic planning.

peri-urban areas
scenario building
urban design
Shanghai

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Student theses

master thesis

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