Recent Developments in Chinese Urban Planning

Chapter 1: Research of Beijing Automobile Exhaust Treatment Strategies Based on I/M System Program Zhehao Jin and Qun Huan.- Chapter 2: Analysis about Key Indicators of High Density Blocks in the New Central District from the Perspective of Mitigating Urban Heat Island: A Study at Guangzhou Pin Wang and Qinglin Meng.- Chapter 3: Study on Relationship between Beijing Residential Building Insolation Standards, Improvement of Residential Environment and Urban Ecological Benefits Linfei Han, Jiahua Mu, Haofei Zhang.- Chapter 4: The Methods and Approaches of Green Infrastructure in Promoting China's Urban Transformation-A Case Study of Dongguan National Wetland Park Shaoping Guan, Xi Zhang, Jingjun Wu.- Chapter 5: The Symbiotic Strategies Study of Low-Carbon Eco-City Based on Multi-symbiosis Theory Xia Zhu, Yangyue Zhou.- Chapter 6: The Paradoxes of Land Resources Allocation's Game Playing--fromZhoukou grave events Ze Zhang and Ying Gu.- Chapter 7: Conflicts in the Urban Renewal of the Historic Preservation Area- Based on the Investigation of Nanbuting Community in Nanjing Tian Ruan and Meicheng Wang.- Chapter 8: Planning for Emerging Mega City Regions in China - a Preliminary Research within a Socioeconomic Framework Hao Li and Zhu Qian.- Chapter 9: Study and Prospects on the Self-organizing Evolution Stage of County Urbanization in Hubei Lingyun Liu.- Chapter 10: From Three-old Reconstruction to Expansion and Promotion: The Strategic Transformation for County-level City in Rapid Urbanization Area - A Case Study of Guangdong Province in Mainland China Yikeng LUO.- Chapter 11: Spatial structure of regional economic development in Henan Province, China Hao Li and Zhu Qian.- Chapter 12: Understanding Beijing's Urban Land Use Development 2004-2013 through Online Administrative Data Sources Xiao Rong, Ying Jin, and Ying Long.-

Qisheng Pan is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University.  Dr. Pan received a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the University of Southern California (USC) in 2003 and a Master's degree in Computer Science from USC in 2001. He also held a Master's degree in Cartography and Remote Sensing and a BS in Geology from Peking University. Dr. Pan's research focuses on multiple aspects of urban planning, including transportation planning, economic impact analysis, and the applications of GIS in urban planning. He has received research grants from Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) to measure access to public transit services and to examine port-related traffic and emissions. He has also studied on the economic impacts of terrorist attacks on Central Business Districts and infrastructures in large metropolitan areas. Recently he received the Natural Resources Imagery Grant from ESRI to utilize SAR imagery technology in pipeline integrity management. Dr. Pan has consulted in multiple research projects from National Science Foundation's Digital Government Program and Department of Homeland Security. Dr. Pan is serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors (BOD) for the International Association for China Planning (IACP), 2013-2015.

Dr. Cao is an associate professor of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.  He is internationally well-known for his research on the relationships between the built environment and travel behavior, particularly the role of residential self-selection.  His research interests also include the impacts of telecommunications on travel, and quality of life.   Dr. Cao is the vice Chair of International Association for China Planning for 2013-2015, a board member of World Society for Transport and Land Use Research for 2011-2014, an invited member of TRB committees (ADB 10 and 20).  He serves on the editorial boards of Transportation,