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There's already a thread about this in the urban planning forum. Personally I can picture having to spend three hours in a traffic jam just to see a tree and working-class people living like this:
More like appealing high rise developments, likely highly efficient (as what is being done elsewhere in the country) combined with effective mass transit (Beijing anyone?), car lotteries (Again Beijing), high walkability (mixed use developments). If these cities do combine this is how it will be done.
This is China after all, they can actually get things done.
More like appealing high rise developments, likely highly efficient (as what is being done elsewhere in the country) combined with effective mass transit (Beijing anyone?), car lotteries (Again Beijing), high walkability (mixed use developments). If these cities do combine this is how it will be done.
This is China after all, they can actually get things done.
Combine that with the fact that it is likely the most polluted area in the world. Most of the jobs can be described as "mind-numbing, extremely long hours of factory work". The lack of many human rights and personal freedoms. I mean, not to say someone couldn't like the lifestyle, but it's not exactly what i was born to do or live around with.
I think what they mean is a Mega City Complex. That is to link up a number of neighboring cities with high speed trains and highway to forming one giant city cluster. Each of which is serving different but complimentary functions. I’ve heard about the idea while I was visiting Shanghai last October. The objective is to increase efficiency and speed up real estates development between individual cities. Personally, I think it’s gonna be too crowded and noisy. Not to mention the pollution.
Not surprised they'd even think of it! They should include Hong Kong in it around 2047 - when the 50 Year "1 Country, 2 Systems" thing is done in their case!
The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the sub-provincial city administration that was part of Sichuan Province. In 2007, the municipality of Chongqing had a population of 31.4 million.[1] It has jurisdiction over 19 districts, 17 counties, and four autonomous counties. With an area of 82,300 km² (31,800 mi²), it is the largest direct-controlled municipality, larger even than one province and an autonomous region, as well as Taiwan.[2] It is possibly the world's largest municipality by population and one of the largest by area.
This city is probably one of the best kept secrets in China. Most people know about the big cities of Shanghai and Beijing.
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