Eco-Urbanisation: promoting sustainable development in metropolitan regions of China
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Environment, Education and Development
Abstract
The introduction of the 'National New-type Urbanisation Plan' by the Chinese government in March 2014 will result in the construction of 30 million units of housing, with associated public amenities and infrastructure, over the next seven years. As the urban form and associated infrastructure are not locked in yet, this rapid development presents challenges and opportunities to move towards a new type of urbanisation that is financially and environmentally sustainable. This international collaborative project aims to significantly advance our understanding of both the theoretical and practical understanding of the dynamic interactive processes between urban development, resource consumption and environmental impacts. It will employ state-of-the-art methodological approaches to an embedded case study of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region (BTHMR), encompassing not only China's capital city, but also representing one of the very largest and fastest growing regions within the country and beyond. An important aspect of the project is to address the pressing policy need in China to manage the anticipated increases in urbanisation in a more human-centred and environmentally sustainable way, dealing with issues around energy use/CO2 emissions, urban-rural inequalities and related 'eco-urbanisation' challenges. This study therefore explicitly focuses on identifying innovative practices and effective strategies to manage and plan for sustainable urbanisation in order to develop a 'well-being' oriented sustainable urban management framework to shape future research and policy on planning and managing rapid urban growth within and beyond China. All this calls for the development of a model of eco-urbanisation management that is multi-scalar, addresses complex, interrelated multi-processes and, crucially, can only be effective through a multi-layered 'meta-governance' approach incorporating multi-actor engagement and partnership.
Our research design adopts the simple term, 'eco-urbanisation' to emphasise the importance of the ecological and environmental aspect of urbanisation. This proposed study, therefore, aims to fill identified research gaps through four main contributions: (1) integrating community level surveys on consumption patterns and other quantitative analysis into the modelling approaches at city and regional levels to take into account the behavioural patterns of individuals; (2) experimenting with the coupling of dynamic modelling approaches, e.g. agent-based models, cellular automata, to simulate stochastic behaviours at multiple scales (households, firms, environmental systems, and districts); (3) generating more robust ecological performance measures of urban development, supported by web-based visualisation toolkits, to encourage policymakers and planners to integrate eco-environmental analysis into their decision-making processes; and (4) informing the design of an integrated policy framework that is flexible and deliverable for urban ecological environment management.
Our research team draws on the complementary academic and professional expertise related to climate change, environmental science, environmental assessment, economics, spatial planning, land use analysis, urban growth, indicator and policy monitoring, and GIS and quantitative modelling across the four partners: The Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research and The Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University and The University of Manchester. This joint team possesses the technical, theoretical and analytical skills to advance the methodological, theoretical and policy understanding of the dynamic interactive processes between urban development, resource consumption, and environmental impacts, as well as the capability to develop innovative approaches and strategies to manage and plan for sustainable urbanisation in China and beyond.
Our research design adopts the simple term, 'eco-urbanisation' to emphasise the importance of the ecological and environmental aspect of urbanisation. This proposed study, therefore, aims to fill identified research gaps through four main contributions: (1) integrating community level surveys on consumption patterns and other quantitative analysis into the modelling approaches at city and regional levels to take into account the behavioural patterns of individuals; (2) experimenting with the coupling of dynamic modelling approaches, e.g. agent-based models, cellular automata, to simulate stochastic behaviours at multiple scales (households, firms, environmental systems, and districts); (3) generating more robust ecological performance measures of urban development, supported by web-based visualisation toolkits, to encourage policymakers and planners to integrate eco-environmental analysis into their decision-making processes; and (4) informing the design of an integrated policy framework that is flexible and deliverable for urban ecological environment management.
Our research team draws on the complementary academic and professional expertise related to climate change, environmental science, environmental assessment, economics, spatial planning, land use analysis, urban growth, indicator and policy monitoring, and GIS and quantitative modelling across the four partners: The Institute of Geographic Sciences & Natural Resources Research and The Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fudan University and The University of Manchester. This joint team possesses the technical, theoretical and analytical skills to advance the methodological, theoretical and policy understanding of the dynamic interactive processes between urban development, resource consumption, and environmental impacts, as well as the capability to develop innovative approaches and strategies to manage and plan for sustainable urbanisation in China and beyond.
Planned Impact
This international collaborative project aims at impacting on future research and policy-making on the planning and management of rapid urban growth within and beyond China. The proposed research design thus explicitly recognises the importance of the academic and practitioner/policy-maker interface through the incorporation of in-depth interviews with key policy actors and stakeholders in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Metropolitan Region (BTHMR) case study area; a key stakeholder workshop and end of project dissemination conference in Beijing; an international conference for both practitioners and academics in Manchester; the involvement of both academic and practitioner 'thought-leaders' as 'critical friends' on the Project Advisory Committee (Chaired by Professor Karen Seto of Yale University); and a wide range of dissemination and engagement activities and approaches including a bilingual web site (with web-based visualisation toolkit to aid practitioner understanding of the potential impacts of the research) and a plethora of papers, reports, profiles, newsletters, blogs, and press releases; dissemination sessions and discussion forums, meetings with government departments and professional bodies and attendance at professional conferences in China, the UK and elsewhere. All this will draw upon the extensive existing networks that have been built up over many years by members of the joint research team with central and local government, and international organisations and wider practitioner and policy-making circles within China, the UK and beyond.
This project is likely to create major impacts in a number of ways: (1) direct involvement of stakeholders via interviews, workshops, Project Advisory Committees, international conferences involving practitioners and academics in both China and the UK and other dissemination events to stimulate debate and understanding; (2) intellectual and horizon opening by advancing knowledge exchange through web-based visualisation techniques, model generation and the development of a strategic monitoring framework for planning and management of rapid urbanisation; (3) broader policy and governance impacts by influencing partnership working within complex urban networks and highlighting the role that different actors and organisations, levels of government and civil society can play in planning and managing a more human-centred and environmentally sustainable form of urbanisation; and (4) longer-term impacts by leveraging physical, financial and intellectual resources from public and private sectors to re-configure the planning and monitoring of urbanisation and development to deliver transformative and innovative outcomes. We have four targeted 'impact' constituencies including: government and policy-making elites; planners, urban policy-makers and local community representatives; private sector organisations and infrastructure and service providers; and local communities within the BTHMR case study area.
This project is likely to create major impacts in a number of ways: (1) direct involvement of stakeholders via interviews, workshops, Project Advisory Committees, international conferences involving practitioners and academics in both China and the UK and other dissemination events to stimulate debate and understanding; (2) intellectual and horizon opening by advancing knowledge exchange through web-based visualisation techniques, model generation and the development of a strategic monitoring framework for planning and management of rapid urbanisation; (3) broader policy and governance impacts by influencing partnership working within complex urban networks and highlighting the role that different actors and organisations, levels of government and civil society can play in planning and managing a more human-centred and environmentally sustainable form of urbanisation; and (4) longer-term impacts by leveraging physical, financial and intellectual resources from public and private sectors to re-configure the planning and monitoring of urbanisation and development to deliver transformative and innovative outcomes. We have four targeted 'impact' constituencies including: government and policy-making elites; planners, urban policy-makers and local community representatives; private sector organisations and infrastructure and service providers; and local communities within the BTHMR case study area.
Publications
Qiao M
(2019)
Sustainable Urbanisation and Community Well-Being in Suburban Neighbourhoods in Beijing, China
in International Journal of Community Well-Being
Wang Z
(2018)
Learning urban resilience from a social-economic-ecological system perspective: A case study of Beijing from 1978 to 2015
in Journal of Cleaner Production
Wang Z
(2016)
Integrated Land Governance for Eco-Urbanization
in Sustainability
Wong C
(2018)
'Dispersing, regulating and upgrading'
in Town Planning Review
Wong C
(2019)
Urban expansion and neighbourhood commuting patterns in the Beijing metropolitan region: A multilevel analysis
in Urban Studies
Zheng W
(2019)
Socio-Spatial Variations in Commuting Patterns in Suburban Beijing
in Built Environment
Zheng W
(2021)
Green infrastructure and urbanisation in suburban Beijing: An improved neighbourhood assessment framework
in Habitat International
Zheng W
(2021)
Green infrastructure and urbanisation in suburban Beijing: An improved neighbourhood assessment framework
in Habitat International
Description | This 3-year ESRC-NSFC collaborative project aims to significantly advance both the theoretical and practical understanding of the dynamic and integrative processes between urban development, resource consumption and environmental impacts. A large scale questionnaire survey of residents in 22 communities, field visits, neighbourhood assessments, interviews, and a key stakeholder workshop were conducted in the Beijing Metropolitan Region (BMR). By adopting a spatial planning perspective, the underlying dynamics of urbanisation and spatial variations of commuting patterns, green infrastructure, neighbourhood environment, and community well-being were assessed over different types of neighbourhoods in the BMR, especially those suburban neighbourhoods formed in the 1990s and 2000s under the rapid urbanisation process. We have developed: (1) A bilingual project website that can provide a platform to disseminate the research findings of the project as well as sharing data sources (http://www.eco-urban-china.net). (2) Beijing metropolitan region spatial typology is established based on data compiled for township level administrative units of the Beijing Metropolitan Region, which is used as the basic analytical unit. The dataset consists of three types of variables: urban form data, demographical data, and transport accessibility data. The database was used to develop a novel approach for the selection of sample case study neighbourhoods, via a multi-stage spatial clustering sampling strategy, for the community survey; this has been used to integrate with the survey data and other online data sources to develop further spatial analysis and modelling work. (3) Questionnaire survey on community well-being and living style was carried out in 22 neighbourhoods in the Beijing Metropolitan Region by the UoM team between May and June 2017. The questionnaire consists of five key sections: demographics, housing and local environment, commuting patterns and transport use, waste disposal and recycling, as well as lifestyle and attitude. A total of 2646 questionnaire responses were collected, which is deemed as a large scale community survey when compared with similar studies. Statistical modelling and spatial analysis have been carried out on the commuting patterns and residents' satisfaction with the neighbourhoods. Qualitative assessment of neighbourhood environment was also carried out in these neighbourhoods to examine the provision and quality of housing types, local amenities, infrastructure, community services, transport, waste management, green infrastructure and the physical living environment by filling in a proforma, supported by photos and texts. The research findings were compared and validated with some of the CAS survey results as well as with other leading academics' survey findings to ensure robustness and validity. (4) To discuss key issues in eco-urbanisation and how spatial planning can be applied to regulate and guide urbanisation towards a more sustainable way, seventeen in-depth interviews with experts, professionals and local officials as well as a stakeholder workshop with practitioners have been conducted. In summary, by adopting a spatial planning perspective, the underlying dynamics of urbanisation and spatial variations of commuting patterns, green infrastructure, neighbourhood environment, and community well-being were assessed over different types of neighbourhoods in the BMR, especially those suburban neighbourhoods formed in the 1990s and 2000s under the rapid urbanisation process. The work points to the need to manage urbanisation in a more human-centred, environmentally sustainable way and the merits of using a 'wellbeing' framework to engage with different social groups and support multi-level governance to inform transitions. The findings shed light on sustainable urban development not only in China, but also shed light on the achievement of SDG 11 sustainable cities and communities in countries undergoing rapid urbanisation. |
Exploitation Route | The findings have been generated into working papers and online databases and made available on the project web site. In addition, the findings have been published in six journal papers, one on the restructuring of urban villages in Town Planning Review (2018), one on community well-being in the Internal Journal of Community Well-Being (2019), one on socio-spatial variations of commuting patterns in Suburban Beijing in Built Environment (2019), and one on the multi-level modelling on commuting patterns in Beijing Metropolitan Region in Urban Studies (2019), and two co-authored papers with our partner in China about urban resilience and land governance. Another paper about green infrastructure assessment of different neighbourhoods in Beijing by Zheng and Barker has been submitted to Habitat International and is under review. One paper is under preparation is about western experience to deliver sustainable development by Koksal and Baker (submission by ??, targeted for Local Government Studies). One book chapter has been published in The Routledge Companion to Environmental Planning, Routledge and another one on 'indicators and big data' will be published in an edited book by Sage. Five blogs on different topics such as commuting, sustainable community, and green infrastructure have been published via Urban Transformations and Blogged Environment. Additionally, project members have given presentations in different international and national conferences to disseminate research findings to both academics and practitioners in the UK and in China. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Environment Government Democracy and Justice Transport |
URL | http://www.eco-urban-china.net |
Description | The findings were read by the Economic Adviser in the HM Treasury and hence Cecilia Wong was invited to the UK-China Seminar on Promoting Balanced Regional Development to make a presentation. According to the invitation, the seminar looking to bring together UK-based and China-based academics to share policy insights on tackling regional inequalities. This is a high-priority area for the UK and Chinese governments. We are keen that the policy insights raised at this seminar factor into our policy-making. |
First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Environment,Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
Impact Types | Policy & public services |
Description | shaping international policy debate on regional development |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Description | Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship: Can spatial decentralisation achieve sustainable urbanisation? |
Amount | £92,920 (GBP) |
Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 08/2019 |
End | 10/2022 |
Description | Migration, Urbanisation and Governance in China |
Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
Organisation | University of Manchester |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 06/2016 |
End | 06/2019 |
Title | Bi-lingual website of Eco-urbanisation in China |
Description | The English/Chinese bilingual website provides the platform to disseminate the research findings of the project as well as sharing data sources by developing an online portal (which is ongoing). |
Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The web portal so far helps to promote the project and sharing information between the research teams and the international advisory panels as well as other researchers who are interested in the field. |
URL | http://www.eco-urban-china.net |
Title | Beijing metropolitan region spatial typology |
Description | Data was compiled for township level administrative units, which is used as the basic analytical unit. The dataset consists of three types of variables: urban form data, demographical data, and transport accessibility data. 1. Urban form data (the WUDAPT level 0 data and product of Jing-Jin-Ji region) was provided by Dr. Chao Ren's research team of the Institute of Future Cities of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (wudapt.org) . 2. Demographical data were extracted from official Population Census data. 3. Transport accessibility data were compiled by the MUI team by calculating accessibility measures to major ring roads and metro station with GIS. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The database aims to inform the development of the project for selection of sample case study communities for survey analysis and qualitiative interviews. However, this has led to develop further research collaboration with Dr. Chao Ren of the Institute of Future Cities of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (wudapt.org). We have shared the information with our research partner in China, the CAS team. The urban form maps based on the database have also been published on our project website. |
URL | http://www.eco-urban-china.net |
Title | Qualitative assessment of neighbourhood environment |
Description | The UoM team conducted two rounds of field visits to the surveyed neighbourhoods to carry out a qualitative assessment of the provision and quality of housing types, local amenities, infrastructure, community services, transport, waste management, green infrastructure and the physical living environment by filling in a proforma, supported by photos and texts. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The data and relevant neighbourhood profiles will be made available via our website. |
URL | http://www.eco-urban-china.net/ |
Title | Sustainable development community survey data |
Description | A large scale survey from a spatial planning perspective was carried out by the UoM team between May and June 2017. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 21 neighbourhoods in the Beijing Metropolitan Region by focusing on areas that have experienced most urbanization pressure. The questionnaire consists of five key sections: demographics, housing and local environment, commuting patterns and transport use, waste disposal and recycling, as well as lifestyle and attitude. The total population size of all 8 case township units is just over one million (1,129,995). After considering the robustness and validity of the sample size, as well as time and financial resources, a 0.2% sample size (2,260 participants) was decided upon. By building in a 10% attrition rate, a total survey sample size of 2,310 was finally determined. An extra township from Hebei was also included as it is located at the border of Beijing (adjacent to one of the case study communities) to allow for extra case study analysis. A total of 2646 questionnaire responses were collected, which is deemed as a large scale community survey when compared with similar studies. |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2017 |
Provided To Others? | No |
Impact | The data has been analysed and relevant findings have been published or will be published in different publications. Now the dataset is available via the UK Data Services. |
URL | http://www.eco-urban-china.net/ |
Description | collaboration between the project team and the Chinese University of Hong Kong on smart and sustainable planning |
Organisation | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Country | Hong Kong |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Smart technologies and infrastructure could be exploited to tackle environmental degradation and social exclusion only if there are smart policies, legal frameworks and governance structures in place. Planning, as a future-oriented activity, has to step up to this challenge by looking forward to develop a spatiallyoriented integrative approach to deliver smart and sustainable development. Building on our shared research agenda and the United Nations' New Urban Agenda, this project aims to unravel the interactive dynamics between environment, smart technology and urban development and to examine their implications to the future approaches of urban planning. This will involve: (1) developing a working definition of smart and sustainable planning; (2) mapping the drivers of smart and sustainable development and their spatial implications; (3) ascertaining existing institutional capacity and constraints to meet the challenges towards smart and sustainable planning; and (4) identifying alternative approaches and frameworks to plan and manage the complex relationship between innovation-economic-environmental performance and inclusive development. The UoM team works on all four objectives, but will focus on using Greater Manchester as the case study. |
Collaborator Contribution | Smart technologies and infrastructure could be exploited to tackle environmental degradation and social exclusion only if there are smart policies, legal frameworks and governance structures in place. Planning, as a future-oriented activity, has to step up to this challenge by looking forward to develop a spatiallyoriented integrative approach to deliver smart and sustainable development. Building on our shared research agenda and the United Nations' New Urban Agenda, this project aims to unravel the interactive dynamics between environment, smart technology and urban development and to examine their implications to the future approaches of urban planning. This will involve: (1) developing a working definition of smart and sustainable planning; (2) mapping the drivers of smart and sustainable development and their spatial implications; (3) ascertaining existing institutional capacity and constraints to meet the challenges towards smart and sustainable planning; and (4) identifying alternative approaches and frameworks to plan and manage the complex relationship between innovation-economic-environmental performance and inclusive development. The CUHK team works on all four objectives, but will focus on using Shenzhen as the case study. |
Impact | (1) submitted a joint paper to Sustainability journal; (2) submitted a preliminary Collaborative Research Fund grant application to HK RGC; (3) hosted a roundtable in the Association of European Schools of Planning online in 2021; (4) submitted an Interface proposal (with 8 papers) to the journal of Planning Theory and Practice; and (5) a joint online workshop in March by both teams and collaborators from China Academy of Urban Planning and Design Shenzhen to discuss the 8 papers in (4) above. |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | 'Possibilities for sustainable development in urban China: a new approach to urbanisation - lessons from China' for the Impact magazine with circulation to key policymakers around the world |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The publication in the Impact magazine aims to use their circulation network to reach to the wider international policy community. Since it is distributed in printed and digital format in to 35000 readers worldwide, we hope that it will improve the reach and penetration of our findings to key stakeholders related to the social sciences, humanities, and economic research areas within universities, research institutes, national and regional funding agencies, policy, NGOs, government, agencies and management sectors including the private sectors and industry. Impact is completely open access and freely available. The publication will also be made available at an individual article level open access on IngentaConnect, the world's largest online scholarly resource (used in 30'000 research and industry libraries and with 1.5 million unique visits per month), deposited in the Portico repository and receive a CrossRef DOI. We are able to supply impact metrics including downloads, shares and reads for impact reporting. As a result of the distribution through IngentaConnect the publication will also be available through Google Scholar, EBSCO Connect, Primo Central, WorldCat Discovery and Summon |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/sil/impact/2017/00002017/00000009/art00010?crawler=true&mimety... |
Description | 2017 Beijing Forum on The Harmony of Civilizations and Prosperity for All - Values and Order in a Changing World |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Wong presented 'Integrating community well-being to plan for sustainable urbanisation in China' to the Beijing Forum. Beijing University's Urban Economy Research Centre wants to include the presentation in its annual urban economy report and hope to have further collaboration in the future. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://english.pku.edu.cn/news_events/news/global/6460.htm |
Description | American Association of Geographers 2018 Annual Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Zheng gave a conference presentation on 'Green infrastructure and urbanisation: an assessment of neighbourhoods in the Beijing metropolitan region' at the American Association of Geographers 2018 Annual Conference in New Orleans, USA |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Beijing's Green Infrastructure - Addressing Climate Change in a Rapidly Urbanising Megacity |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This blog is published on Urban Transformations, which is a network based at the University of Oxford showcasing ESRC research on cities. It will improve the reach and penetration of our findings to key stakeholders working on cities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2017/beijings-green-infrastructure-addressing-climate... |
Description | China's New Urban Agenda: An International Dialogue on Sustainable Development |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | We organised this four-day conference on 'China's New Urban Agenda: An International Dialogue on Sustainable Development', which was held 31 October - 3 November 2018. It drew together over 100 delegates from the UK and Europe, China, Hong Kong, Australia, the USA, and Chile. Noting how, with the publication of the 'National New Urbanisation Plan', China is reshaping its urban growth to a more human-centred and environmentally sustainable pathway, the conference provided a platform for both researchers and practitioners to consider how we can best learn from each other to address, amongst other issues, the challenges of sustainable development and make a reality of Habitat III's New Urban Agenda. Of the conference's four days, the second and third were given over to parallel sessions, key note speakers, and plenary sessions, all of which were held in Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry. Additionally, team members including Wong, Qiao, Zheng, as well as Koksal and Baker gave presentations on different topics relating to the project respectively. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://newurbanagendaofchina.wordpress.com/ |
Description | Crisscross commuting flows in Beijing suburban neighbourhoods |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This blog is published on Urban Transformations, which is a network based at the University of Oxford showcasing ESRC research on cities. It will improve the reach and penetration of our findings to key stakeholders working on cities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2019/crisscross-commuting-flows-in-beijing-suburban-n... |
Description | Department of Land Economy Seminar, University of Cambridge |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wong gave an invited presentation on 'Planning for sustainable urbanization in China: a community perspective', Department of Land Economy Seminar, University of Cambridge, 14 February 2018, Cambridge |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Environmental satisfaction of urban villages in suburban Beijing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This blog is published on Blogged Environment of the Journal of 'Built Environment' , which focus on different subject areas of the built environment. The topics are of contemporary interest and relevance to practitioners, academics and students working in a wide range of disciplines, such as architecture, conservation, economic development, environmental planning, health, housing, regeneration, social issues, spatial planning, sustainability, urban design, and transport. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.alexandrinepress.co.uk/blogged-environment/agendas-built-environment-blogged-environment... |
Description | Green Development Session of the Shanghai Forum on Economic Globalization and the Choice of Asia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Professor Xiangzheng Deng of CAS, the Chinese project partner, co-organised the Green Development Session on Eco-Urbanization and Management Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities for Asian Countries, 28-30 May, Fudan University, Shanghai. As the PI of the project, Professor Cecilia Wong made a presentation on: Monitoring Sustainable Urban Transformation: Challenges & Opportunities; Professor Xiangzheng Deng (Chinese team's PI from CAS) presented: Innovation Research Scheme for Urban Ecological Community Construction and Urban Ecological Integrated Management; and Professor Li Feng (Chinese team's Co-I from CA) presented on: Urban Ecological Management: Approaches and Policies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.shanghaiforum.fudan.edu.cn/en/ |
Description | International Conference on China Urban Development by University College London and Peking University, London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | On 5th and 6th May 2017, the Bartlett School of Planning's (BSP) China Planning Research Group (CPRG) hosted the 2017 International Conference on China Urban Development in London. Wong gave a presentation on 'Planning for eco-urbanisation in China: an integrated spatial framework, International Conference on China Urban Development, University College London and Peking University, 5-6 May, London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited keynote presentation at the Conference of 'Economic Challenges and Opportunities of Urbanisation and Migration in China' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wong gave a keynote presentation on 'Commuting patterns of neighbourhoods in suburban Beijing: a spatial planning perspective' at the International Conference of the Economic Challenges and Opportunities of Urbanisation and Migration in China, Jinan-University-University of Birmingham Joint Institute and Nottingham Business School, Jinan University, Guangzhou (China), 11-12 January, 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited keynote presentation by Lincoln Land Institute and Beijing University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | (2019) Invited keynote presentation 'Sustainable urbanisation and community well-being in suburban neighbourhoods in Beijing, China' at the 2019 International Conferences on China Urban Development, June 2019, Beijing. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited panel discussion at the Warwick China Summit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wong was invited to participate in an expert panel discussion on 'An urbanized China: of whom, by whom and for whom' in Warwick China Summit held by Warwick University on 20th Jan, 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited presentation at the 2018 Summer Institute in Urban Studies, National University of Singapore, Sigapore |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wong gave an invited presentation on 'What lies behind sustainable futures: the case of China's new type of urbanisation' at the 2018 Summer Institute in Urban Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 15-19 July 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited presentation at the ESRC Urban Transformation Network 'The Good City: Urban Transformation, Comparison and Value' Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Between 18 and 20 April 2018 Urban Transformations is hosting a major conference, 'The Good City: Urban Transformation, Comparison and Value', in Oxford. This conference brought together a broad range of leading urbanists to explore some of the key challenges facing cities today, with a particular focus on health, shelter, technology, migration and cohesion, among other issues. Wong gave an invited presentation on 'Progressive transformation or reconstituted urbanism'. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited public lecture at the Barlett School of Planning, University College London |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wong gave an invited public lecture on 'Urban transformation and sustainable development: from Beijing to Manchester', BSP Public Lecture, the Barlett School of Planning, University College London, London, 29 November 2018 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Invited talk at Nanjing University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Zheng gave a presentation on 'Socio-spatial variations in commuting patterns in suburban Beijing' at the School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, 10th Dec 2019 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Invited talk at the the Future Cities Research Institute Lecture Series, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Baker gave an invited presentation on 'Planning for sustainable urbanism in China: a community perspective' at the Future Cities Research Institute Lecture Series, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 10th July 2018. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Keynote presentation at Jinan University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited keynote presentation 'Commuting patterns of neighbourhoods in suburban Beijing: a spatial planning perspective', in the Economic Challenges and Opportunities of Urbanisation and Migration in China, Jinan-University-University of Birmingham Joint Institute and Nottingham Business School, Jinan University, Guangzhou (China), 11-12 January. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Liveable City Region 2033 Colloquium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Wong gave an invited keynote presentation 'Community well-being as a challenge' at the Liveable City Region 2033 Colloquium, Technical University of Dortmund, 26 January 2018, Dortmund |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Sino-UK Workshop on Rural Revitalisation in Beijing |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Sino-UK Workshop on Rural Revitalisation held in Beijing brought together both early career and senior researchers from urban planning, transport studies, geography, social science, architecture, engineering, and urban management from all over the world, to share research findings on urbanisation and rural revitalisation. Zheng gave a presentation on commuting patterns in the suburban Beijing based on the research findings from the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | The 2018 International Conference on China Urban Development |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The 2018 International Conference on Urban Development brought together researchers and practitioners from urban studies, geography, sociology, political science, urban planning, urban management and public policy as well as China studies, from all over the world, to share research findings on the process of urban transformation. Zheng and Qiao made presentations on green infrastructure and urban villages based on the research findings from the project . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | The Challenges of Sustainability and Wellong |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This blog is published on Urban Transformations, which is a network based at the University of Oxford showcasing ESRC research on cities. It will improve the reach and penetration of our findings to key stakeholders working on cities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2017/the-challenges-of-sustainability-and-wellbeing-i... |
Description | The China-UK Bilateral Workshop in Wuhan |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The China-UK Bilateral Workshop on Planning Strategy for Enhancing Urban Resilience in Highly-Urbanized Region and the 8th '21st Century Urban Development' International Conference brought together researchers and practitioners from urban studies, geography, urban planning, engineering, urban management, and public policy from all over the world, to share research findings and discuss important issues on urban resilience. Zheng made a presentation on commuting patterns in Beijing and participated in a panel discussion on urban resilience based on some research findings from the project. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://www.aesop-planning.eu/activities/en_GB/2019/10/23/readabout/china-uk-bilateral-workshop-on-ur... |
Description | The China-UK Joint Seminar on Eco-urbanisation and Spatial Planning |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This is a formal stakeholder workshop for the 'Eco-urbanisation' project. Over 20 participants attended the workshop to discuss relevant issues in eco-urbanisation and how spatial planning can be applied to regulate and guide eco-urbanisation. After presentations by different participants, questions and discussions were sparked. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA4NzAyNDYyOA==&mid=2652578850&idx=1&sn=d9035d4257d2177e7b91c73228... |
Description | Transforming Beijing through Eco-urbanisation: The Development of Xiongan New Special Zone, China's 'Second Capital' |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | This blog is published on Urban Transformations, which is a network based at the University of Oxford showcasing ESRC research on cities. It will improve the reach and penetration of our findings to key stakeholders working on cities. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.urbantransformations.ox.ac.uk/blog/2017/transforming-beijing-through-eco-urbanisation-th... |
Description | Workshop in Nanjing, China |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Workshop on City Regional Development and Governance Research Methods held in Nanjing Institute of Geography & Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences brought together researchers from China and UK to discuss research methods in urban governance. Zheng made a presentation based on some research findings from the project and participated in discussions on research methods. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | the UK-China Seminar on Promoting Balanced Regional Development |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Invited presentation (one of the four UK presentations) by HM Treasury on 'Spatial inequalities and spatial thinking in the UK' to the UK-China Seminar on Promoting Balanced Regional Development, 23rd November (online delivery) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |