Space negotiation: An appropriate perspective for built environment research in rural-urban fringe of Chinese cities
Author(s)
Date Issued
2009
Publisher
Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ISBN
9789881731128
Citation
Xu, Y., Chan, H. W. E., & Tang, B. S. (2009). Space negotiation: An appropriate perspective for built environment research in rural-urban fringe of Chinese cities. In The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Ed.). Proceedings of the 1st international postgraduate conference on infrastructure and environment, IPCIE 2009. 1st International Postgraduate Conference on Infrastructure and Environment, IPCIE 2009, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (pp. 179-186). The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Since the economic reform, Chinese cities have subjected to unprecedented transformation in terms of physical image, land use pattern, spatial structure, as well as huge change of built-up area in rural-urban fringe. However, scholarly research on the rural-urban fringe tends to fall far behind its real development. The paper sheds light on the changes in the rural-urban fringe and discusses a suitable analytical perspective for its built environment research. Based on the examination of characteristics of rural-urban fringe and limitation of current research on built environment in the context of transitional China, it argues that the concept of space negotiation provides an appropriate focal point for built environment research in rural-urban fringe of Chinese cities.
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