Forewords
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1 East Asian Civilization and Ancient Chinese Philosophy
1.1 East Asia
1.1.1 Geographical Conditions and Early Civilizations
1.1.2 Formation and Growth of East Asian Cities
1.1.3 Common Features of East Asian Cities
1.1.4 Chronological Development of Urban Civilizations in China
1.2 Ancient Chinese Philosophy
1.2.1 Basic Objects Studied in Ancient Chinese Philosophy
1.2.2 Early Practice of Chinese Philosophy in Urban Construction
1.3 Early City Forms and Planning
1.3.1 Formation of Urban Order and Urban Systems
1.3.2 Principles for Early Urban Planning and Architecture
1.3.3 The Inner Structure of Early Chinese Cities
1.4 Chinese Ethical & Educational System
1.4.1 Confucianism: Structure and Hierarchy in Urban Order
1.4.2 Confucian Influence over Urban Planning
1.4.3 Religion and Early City Life
Chapter 2 Classic Chinese Cities
2.1 Cities in Ancient Times
2.1.1 Distribution of Ancient Urban Relics
2.1.2 Yancheng City: A Capital in Spring and Autumn Period
2.2 Urbanization in Imperial China
2.2.1 Imperial Cities in General
2.2.2 Urbanization Process in Chinese Empire
2.2.3 Cities in Early Empires
2.2.4 Cities in Heydays of Chinese Empires
2.3 Cities in Later Time Chinese Empire
2.3.1 Yuan Dynasty and the Capital Dadu
2.3.2 Cities in Ming and Qing Dynasties
2.3.3 Beijing the Capital in Ancient Time
2.4 Economic Growth in Chinese Empires
2.4.1 Traditional Handicraft Production. Market and International Trade
2.4.2 Commercial Cities
2.5 Postal System and Urban Construction
2.5.1 Postal System in China
2.5.2 Jiming Yi: A Postal Station in the North
2.5.3 Yucheng Yi: A Postal Station in the South
2.6 Well-preserved Old City/Town
2.6.1 Pingyao Old City
2.6.2 Zhujiajiao Old Town
2.6.3 Garrison System and City Construction
2.7 Features of Ancient Chinese Cities
Chapter 3 Chinese Villages and Classic Gardens
3.1 Traditional Chinese Villages
3.1.1 History of Chinese Villages and Construction Theory
3.1.2 Social Structure of Chinese Traditional Villages
3.1.3 Elements for Village Construction
3.1.4 Villages after 1949 Revolution
3.2 WeU-preserved Chinese Villages
3.2.1 Traditional Villages in Modern China
3.2.2 Chang Family Compound in Shanxi Province
3.2.3 Dangjia Village in Shaanxi Province
3.2.4 Traditional Villages in Anhui Province
3.3 Chinese Classic Gardens
3.3.1 History and Philosophy of Chinese Classic Gardens
3.3.2 Well-preserved Classic Gardens
Chapter 4 Urban Construction and Development in EA Countries
4.1 Japanese Cities
4.1.1 The Early Japanese Civilization
4.1.2 The Shogunate Regime Period and Urban Development
4.1.3 Construction of Castle Town
4.1.4 Economic Development of Japanese Cities
4.1.5 Modernization of]apanese Cities
4.2 Korean Cities
4.2.1 Construction and Development of Korean Cities in Early Times
4.2.2 Structures of Korean Cities
4.2.3 Seoul: History and Modernization
4.2.4 Pyongyang: The Capital of Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Chapter 5 The 20th Century Urbanization in China
5.1 Colonization of EastAsian Cities
5.1.1 Impact of Western Civilization
5.1.2 Japanese Invasion and Construction of Colonies
5.1.3 Modernization Movement in the 19th Century China
5.1.4 Historic Role of Colonial Chinese Cities
5.2 Urbanization since 1949 Revolution in China
5.2.1 The Start-up Stage (1949--1957)
5.2.2 The Fluctuation Stage (1958--1977)
5.2.3 The Sustained and Steady Development Stage (1978--)
5.3 Urbanization since 1978 Reform
5.3.1 The Coastal City Construction
5.3.2 City Groups in Yangtze River Delta
5.3.3 City Development against a Background of Yangtze River Delta Integration
5.3.4 Shanghai Development since 1991
5.3.5 Main Features of the Comprehensive Plan of the Shanghai Metropolitan Region (1999--2020)
Chapter 6 Urban Planning and Its Influence on Asian Cities
6.1 Urban Planning in Japan
6.1.1 Urban Planning System in Japan
6.1.2 Plans for Tokyo
6.2 Urban Planning in Vietnam
6.2.1 Planning System
6.2.2 Urban Planning Administration
6.2.3 Cases in Vietnam
6.3 Urban Planning in South Korea
6.3.1 Planning System
6.3.2 Economic and Spatial Development in Seoul
Chapter 7 Urban Planning in China
7.1 Laws and Standards for Urban and Rural Planning
7.1.1 Laws and Regulations
7.1.2 Technical Standard System for Urban and Rural Planning
7.2 Urban and Rural Planning Law
7.3 Urban and Rural Planning System
7.3.1 Structure of Planning System
7.3.2 Main Content of Urban and Rural Plans
7.3.3 Approval Procedure of Urban and Rural Plan
7.4 Administration and Revision of Urban and Rural Plan
7.4.1 Urban and Rural Administrative System
7.4.2 Revision of Urban and Rural Plan
7.5 Urban Planning in Shanghai
7.5.1 Planning Institutions
7.5.2 Plan System
7.5.3 Plan Making
7.5.4 Conclusion
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