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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Shenzhen"”.
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Decoding Sponge City in Shenzhen : resilience program or growth policy?
… studies the case of Guangming New District in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province and argues two rationales exist behind this strategy. First, the development of such "Sponge New Districts" provides local government with more opportunities for private investors to profit from basic urban …
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The development of the contested city form of Shenzhen, China
The population of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone has exploded, within twenty-three years, from thirty thousand to 4.7 million with average 28 percent annual per capita GDP increase. What city forms have been sustaining this rapid economic and population growth? Why has the city adopted these forms? …
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Transforming the "world factory" : designing for a [post]industrial Shenzhen
… rising land costs and new environment laws. Shenzhen, which is a manufacturing center in South China, currently has a 30-45% factory vacancy because companies are leaving to cheaper areas, either in inland China or other countries. Yet, it's not a declining or shrinking city; it is seeking to …
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STAGE FOR EVERYONE: AN ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A SHENZHEN COMMUNITY THEATRE
… in the Chinese domestic migrant city of Shenzhen. My 20 months of research for this thesis relied on literature review concerning community performances and theatre ecology, interviews with 26 practitioners and participants, and besides, participant observation on 5 performance events. …
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Assessing the social sustainability of Chinese urban neigbourhoods: a case study of Shenzhen
… embedded case study methodology was applied to Shenzhen, a new megacity rising from China’s rapid urbanisation process. The methodology consisted of two-phase case studies and utilised multiple survey methods. The city-level focused on understanding the macro-context policies related to …
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Sedated by Progress: Nostalgia as a Force for Self-continuity in Contemporary Shenzhen
… to cooptation by outside forces. The example of Shenzhen, China illustrates how nostalgia enables people who feel alienated by “progress” to thrive in the face of rapid change by fostering a sense of personal and collective self-continuity. Nostalgia can be harnessed by powerful forces to project …
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Innovation diffusion within the supply chain : a study of Chinese apparel firms in Shenzhen
… carried out in the Chinese apparel industry in Shenzhen. In order to achieve a higher level respondent rate, this research uses the personal managed questionnaires. 148 questionnaires are collected to meet the need of 140. The results of the study shows that supply chain integration has a …
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The community-based partnership approach for affordable housing development : a case in Shenzhen, China
Affordable housing has been a crucial urban issue in China. Given its fast-paced urbanization process, China is experiencing a dramatic increase in the demand for affordable housing. At the same time, the affordable housing is in short supply due to the demolition of existing low-income housing …
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Proposal for New Commuter Rail Service and TOD Master Plan Along Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway
The Guangzhou-Shenzhen Suburban Railroad Project seeks to transform regional transportation and urban development within the Greater Bay Area by introducing suburban rail services on the Guangshen Railway (GSR). This proposal outlines a framework centered on investment sectors, innovative methods, …
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Crowdsourcing in community participatory planning in China : case studies in four communities in Shenzhen
Community participatory planning is a crucial component of urban planning but there is no effective public participation in the Chinese planning decision-making process, which brings up social conflicts and planning failures. As more urban redevelopment are launched in China and social media …
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A study of behavioural change in occupational safety in a metal works at Shenzhen, China
… safety in a Hong Kong-based metal house in Shenzhen, China in an attempt to modify the safety behaviours and attitudes of the workers by means of posted feedback plus goal-setting. To the best of the researcher's knowledge, this is the first study of this type to be attempted in a Chinese …
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Dynamics of Organizational Populations - An Ecological Analysis of the Corporate Identity Consultancy in Shenzhen, China
… the context of corporate identity consultancy in Shenzhen, China. The empirical setting is significantly different from existing organizational studies, in that the population under observation is constructed following the recently developed fuzzy-set theory. Fuzzy-set concept is the foundation of …
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