This book introduces research of Dr. Tiziano Cattaneo, a researcher of University of Pavia in Italy and Visiting Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai. Cattaneo’s presentation and studies are about China’s urbanization through a multidisciplinary approach. In particular, focusing on the urbanization of small towns. The book describes methodology and results of a two years research project build upon his extensive investigations in China. He has been teaching and constantly developed research activity in between EU and China since more than 10 years. Those provided him with unique insights which combine academic and lived experiences, and thus perfectly correspond with overall ethos of The EU-China Partnership on Urbanisation. The novelty of this book resides in the fact that combines both Chinese and Western understanding together. Too often, judgments are made according to a Western value system and experience, while the real and complicated social, political, cultural context, and constrains are being ignored consciously or unconsciously. It is very hard to apprehend Chinese urbanization and architecture away from the roots of Chinese context. That’s why we need to draw on experience from each other, strengthen interaction and cooperation, jointly seize the opportunities and cope with the challenges of the future, and strive to achieve win-win results. Prof. Dr. Zheng Shiling

Study on architecture and urban spatial structure in China’s mega-cities suburbs

Tiziano Cattaneo
Writing – Review & Editing
2016-01-01

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This book introduces research of Dr. Tiziano Cattaneo, a researcher of University of Pavia in Italy and Visiting Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai. Cattaneo’s presentation and studies are about China’s urbanization through a multidisciplinary approach. In particular, focusing on the urbanization of small towns. The book describes methodology and results of a two years research project build upon his extensive investigations in China. He has been teaching and constantly developed research activity in between EU and China since more than 10 years. Those provided him with unique insights which combine academic and lived experiences, and thus perfectly correspond with overall ethos of The EU-China Partnership on Urbanisation. The novelty of this book resides in the fact that combines both Chinese and Western understanding together. Too often, judgments are made according to a Western value system and experience, while the real and complicated social, political, cultural context, and constrains are being ignored consciously or unconsciously. It is very hard to apprehend Chinese urbanization and architecture away from the roots of Chinese context. That’s why we need to draw on experience from each other, strengthen interaction and cooperation, jointly seize the opportunities and cope with the challenges of the future, and strive to achieve win-win results. Prof. Dr. Zheng Shiling
2016
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