The City in China: New Perspectives on Contemporary Urbanism

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In 1915 Robert Park penned his seminal paper “The City: Suggestions for the investigation of human behaviour in the city environment”. This essay provided an agenda for the Chicago School of Urban Sociology, which formed the basis of urban research for decades. Given that China’s urban centres now occupy the spotlight that once belonged to American cities, Park’s essay is a platform and point of departure for this volume, which gathers together reflections from a broad range of urban China specialists to consider Park’s (ir)relevance today – for cities in China, for questions about the social life of the city and for urban research more generally. Essential for a broad range of urban studies scholars, this book is an invaluable teaching resource and a useful tool for policy-makers and planners. 1915年，罗伯特·帕克撰写了他的开创性论文《城市：关于研究城市环境中人类行为的建议》。这篇论文为芝加哥城市社会学派提供了研究纲领，并成为数十年来城市研究的基础。鉴于中国的城市中心如今占据了曾经属于美国城市的聚光灯位置，帕克的论文成为本卷的起点和出发点。本书汇集了广泛领域的中国城市专家的反思，探讨帕克的观点在今天对中国城市的（不）相关性，对城市社会生活的疑问以及对城市研究的普遍意义。对于广泛的城市研究学者而言，本书是不可或缺的教学资源，也是政策制定者和规划者的有用工具。