Comments on: Top 5 Challenges to Integrating Land Use and Transportation — in China or Wherever http://planning-research.com/top-5-challenges-to-integrating-land-use-and-transportation-in-china-or-wherever/ essays on urban studies Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:39:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.10 By: yunke http://planning-research.com/top-5-challenges-to-integrating-land-use-and-transportation-in-china-or-wherever/comment-page-1/#comment-33414 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:53:20 +0000 http://planning-research.martacrane.com/?p=70#comment-33414 Prof.Crane~~
there is a story i ‘d like to share.
In 1950 when China’s capital was again set up in Beijing, there is a planning proposed the centre of new Beijing should not coincide with the centre of Old Beijing, because the overlap leads to spatial mismatch between job and housing and therefore give birth to excessive commute. However, it was turned down…. this is a vital event that set Beijing on its journey towards a jam-ridden city. hehe land use vs transportation in 1950 Beijing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://planning-research.com/top-5-challenges-to-integrating-land-use-and-transportation-in-china-or-wherever/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:24:00 +0000 http://planning-research.martacrane.com/?p=70#comment-82 Randy,

Excellent overview, but I think there is an element missing from the discussion. From your description, China is in the middle of a deliberate urbanizing growth strategy. In the United States, we have several urban regions which either are close to, or already have, reached build out.
Build out changes the nature of planning questions from “What is the most efficient and/or fair way to grow?” to “How do we maintain a viable system which is conducive to the public health, safety and welfare?” Shifting the question also shifts the nature of the quantitative tools and methods necessary to get a useful answer.
From what you describe, the Chinese don’t see themselves as anywhere near finished. So, this raises the following question: Leaving aside the issue of cultural differences, how much of the contemporary American context applies to China?
I would be very interested to hear from you or anyone else reading this blog.

Mike Greenwald – UW Milwaukee

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