Chak Kwon Chan et al, Social Policy in China, Housing Policy, Pg 171-176 http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qgsv5.15
Main ideas focused on housing market and response of the public with changing housing policies. Affordability by the people and control of the housing market were key themes.
Chengri Ding, Yan Song and Gerrit Knaap, Growth Scenarios for Beijing 2020: Technical Report on the Beijing’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan Revision Process. 2005.
These authors presented a comprehensive urban plan from the 1950s and onwards. This report also provided three scenarios for the 2004-2020 urban planning: compact growth, eastward-directed expansion, and outward expansion.
Chinese Law & Government,Special Plan for Construction and Management of Transportation,2008
http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?genre=article&issn=00094609&title=Chinese%20Law%20%26%20Government&volume=41&issue=4&date=20080701&atitle=Special%20Plan%20for%20Construction%20and%20Management%20of%20Transportation.&spage=62&sid=EBSCO:a9h&pid
This article provides some important information about the Beijing Subway and how the transportation department plans to solve the traffic problems in Beijing.
Chiu-Shui Chan and Ying Xiong. The Features and Forces that Define, Maintain, and Endanger Beijing Courtyard Housing. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 24 (Spring, 2007)
Chan and Xiong, in this fascinating article, provides an overview of traditional siheyuan housing and the economic, political, and cultural forces that influence the design and destruction of this historical housing.
David Large. The Great Wall of China. Pg.21-29
Large explained the function of how the Great Wall played an important role in defending invaders in the history of China. He mentioned the construction of Great Wall in Ming Dynasty.
David Strand, Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s, University of California Press, Ltd. 1989
Strand presents an overview of Beijing in the Republican Era. He provides a multitude of examples of urban planning policies in Beijing in the 1920s. Strand talked about how the Republican Era was dominated by rickshaws and gave context about its uses and origins. Rickshaws were the modes of transportation the public depended on since they were fast and cheap.
Feng Li et al, Comprehensive Planning of Urban Greening Based on Ecological Principles: a Case Study in Beijing China, Landscape and Urban Planning, 2004
Plans for creating a more green and sustainable Beijing were introduced. Many diagrams of how planners wanted to add green spaces according to ecological principles were included.
Friederike Fleischer, Suburban Beijing: Housing and Consumption in Contemporary China, 2010, Pg 33-68
This book discussed living conditions as well as socio-economic challenges people face in Beijing. In addition, the author included descriptions of housings available and made comparisons between them.
Gideon S. Golany, Urban Design Ethics in Ancient China (United Kingdom: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 2001).
Golany discusses the urban design of Beijing and other ancient cities in depth, with precise measurements.
Guangsen He, Olympic Architecture Beijing 2008, China Architecture & Building Press
This book provides some architectural information about the Beijing Olympics. Guangsen He introduced various Olympic facilities and buildings from 2001 to 2008. He writes about the competitive bidding process, the construction process, which material were used, and the final product.
Hanchao Lu, Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century https://books.google.com/books?id=p9OUk0BU9ToC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Beyond+the+Neon+Lights:+Every+day+Shanghai+in+the+Early+Twentieth+Century+by+Hanchao+Lu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMI9qqC6YPNxwIVAlqICh2nTwH4#v=onepage&q=rickshaws&f=false
Lu was able to provide the earlier history of rickshaws and how they were originally from Japan that were brought into China via Shanghai. Therefore, this hints at how development of roads were influenced since rickshaws can travel through narrow passageways.
Hao Li. The Implications of the Planning of Beijing's Imperial City for Sustainable Community Development, 2013. Pg 3-8, 19-21
Li focuses on the planning principle and the city selection of Imperial City in Beijing. It addresses how the establishment and changes of Imperial City contribute to the development of Beijing.
Hung Wu. Tiananmen Square: A Political History of Monuments. Pg.90-93
Wu discusses the function of Tiananmen Square and how the formation of Tiananmen Square embodied the supreme power of Mao.
Jing Zhou, The Urban Project: Architectural Intervention in Urban Areas, https://books.google.com/books?id=i6SKP1ss_ckC&pg=PA392&dq=beijing+twin+city+plan&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMI37fhxZ_NxwIVQyyICh0dkQuk#v=onepage&q=beijing%20twin%20city%20plan&f=false
Zhou provided a detailed urban transformation of the last 60 years with explanations of the many master plans of Beijing. They included the Liang-Chen proposal of the Twin City Plan, the Revised Master Plan in 1957, the New Version of the Master Plan comprising of housing infrastructure in 1983, the New 20 year plan in 1993, and the 2004-2020 New Master Plan.
Jun Wang, Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing, 2011, Pg 45-50
Wang’s book emphasizes the planning of Beijing in the last 50 years. It discusses the changes made to the city’s cultural architecture and development plans implemented by the government.
Lillian M.Li, Alison J.Dray-Novey, Haili Kong, Beijing –From Imperial Capital to Olympic City, University of California Press,2003
In this book, the authors pay more attention to criticism of the influences of the Beijing Olympics Games rather than the positive results. It provides a different opinions from other sources.
Liu Wen Tao, Living Conditions-The Key Issue of Housing Development in Fengtai District, 2014, http://ees.elsevier.com/hbrcj
A case study was made on Fengtai District of Beijing surveying residents of different types of housing. Data and responses were organized in charts for further analysis and conclusion.
Madeline Yue Dong, Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories (University of California Press, 2003), page 34.
Dong discusses Beijing during the Republican Era and the various urban planning policies. This book focuses mostly on the history of Beijing, but provides many tangential evidence for Beijing’s urban planning policies during this period.
Meng Xu, Avishai Ceder, Ziyou Gao, Wei Guan, Mass transit systems of Beijing: governance evolution and analysis. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2010.
These authors provided a comprehensive plan of both the public transport (buses, trams, trolleys) and the subways and how these public transits contributed to the convenience of Beijing.
Mingzheng Shi. From Imperial Gardens to Public Parks, Modern China 24 (1998): 219-254.
Shi provides an overview of the process of converting Imperial Gardens for public use, and an analysis of how the improvement of public spaces impacted urban culture of Beijing.
Renzi Hou, The Transformation of the Old City of Beijing, China—A Concrete Manifestation of New China’s Cultural Reconstruction, 2014, Pg 32-42
Hou focuses on the early planning history and theory of Beijing as well as discuss the change of culture and tradition of the city with time. Sections were devoted to chronological planning changes of Beijing from the beginning of the city’s establishment. In addition, he explains different architectures in the Imperial City represented by their significant function.
Shuishan Yu, Redefining the Axis of Beijing: Revolution and Nostalgia in the Planning of the PRC Capital
Yu emphasized on the changes of the axes in Beijing when Chang’an Avenue was introduced, which ultimately signifies the end of the Imperial period. Ultimately, the Chang’an Avenue opened the east-west axis to the public.
Victor F.S. Sit, Beijing: The Nature and Planning of a Chinese Capital City (Hong Kong: John Wiley & Sons, 1995).
Sit gives an overview of the design principles of a typical Chinese capital city. He attributes the development of these principles to a variety of philosophical beliefs, like Confucianism or Buddhism.
Xu Jing & Wang Nan, Greater Beijing in Tongzhou, China Today p. 64-67
In the article from China Today, both Jing and Nan presented Tongzhou as a new urban district and how it was expanded with the mindset of making it an important economic sector in Beijing.
Xuefei Ren. Architecture as Branding: Mega Project Developments in Beijing. Built Environ Built Environment, 2008
Ren provides an overview on how the Mega Project played an important role in changing the urban development in Beijing, and how those new urban design projects are making growth on the economic aspects in Beijing.
Zhou Yu, China's Urban Housing Reform---With Specific Emphasis on Property Ownership, 1999, Pg 6-11
This article discussed China’s housing system from the start of the communist era, during economic reform, and in post-reform era. Yu focused on ideas of public or government control in comparison to private control over property and housing market.
《隧道建设》,2014北京地铁再收获47km新线-轨道交通骨干线网初步建成,2015年第01期
This journal provides some key data of the Beijing subway in 2014 and some important plans for the future.
Main ideas focused on housing market and response of the public with changing housing policies. Affordability by the people and control of the housing market were key themes.
Chengri Ding, Yan Song and Gerrit Knaap, Growth Scenarios for Beijing 2020: Technical Report on the Beijing’s 2020 Comprehensive Plan Revision Process. 2005.
These authors presented a comprehensive urban plan from the 1950s and onwards. This report also provided three scenarios for the 2004-2020 urban planning: compact growth, eastward-directed expansion, and outward expansion.
Chinese Law & Government,Special Plan for Construction and Management of Transportation,2008
http://ucelinks.cdlib.org:8888/sfx_local?genre=article&issn=00094609&title=Chinese%20Law%20%26%20Government&volume=41&issue=4&date=20080701&atitle=Special%20Plan%20for%20Construction%20and%20Management%20of%20Transportation.&spage=62&sid=EBSCO:a9h&pid
This article provides some important information about the Beijing Subway and how the transportation department plans to solve the traffic problems in Beijing.
Chiu-Shui Chan and Ying Xiong. The Features and Forces that Define, Maintain, and Endanger Beijing Courtyard Housing. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, Vol. 24 (Spring, 2007)
Chan and Xiong, in this fascinating article, provides an overview of traditional siheyuan housing and the economic, political, and cultural forces that influence the design and destruction of this historical housing.
David Large. The Great Wall of China. Pg.21-29
Large explained the function of how the Great Wall played an important role in defending invaders in the history of China. He mentioned the construction of Great Wall in Ming Dynasty.
David Strand, Rickshaw Beijing: City People and Politics in the 1920s, University of California Press, Ltd. 1989
Strand presents an overview of Beijing in the Republican Era. He provides a multitude of examples of urban planning policies in Beijing in the 1920s. Strand talked about how the Republican Era was dominated by rickshaws and gave context about its uses and origins. Rickshaws were the modes of transportation the public depended on since they were fast and cheap.
Feng Li et al, Comprehensive Planning of Urban Greening Based on Ecological Principles: a Case Study in Beijing China, Landscape and Urban Planning, 2004
Plans for creating a more green and sustainable Beijing were introduced. Many diagrams of how planners wanted to add green spaces according to ecological principles were included.
Friederike Fleischer, Suburban Beijing: Housing and Consumption in Contemporary China, 2010, Pg 33-68
This book discussed living conditions as well as socio-economic challenges people face in Beijing. In addition, the author included descriptions of housings available and made comparisons between them.
Gideon S. Golany, Urban Design Ethics in Ancient China (United Kingdom: The Edwin Mellen Press, Ltd., 2001).
Golany discusses the urban design of Beijing and other ancient cities in depth, with precise measurements.
Guangsen He, Olympic Architecture Beijing 2008, China Architecture & Building Press
This book provides some architectural information about the Beijing Olympics. Guangsen He introduced various Olympic facilities and buildings from 2001 to 2008. He writes about the competitive bidding process, the construction process, which material were used, and the final product.
Hanchao Lu, Beyond the Neon Lights: Everyday Shanghai in the Early Twentieth Century https://books.google.com/books?id=p9OUk0BU9ToC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Beyond+the+Neon+Lights:+Every+day+Shanghai+in+the+Early+Twentieth+Century+by+Hanchao+Lu&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMI9qqC6YPNxwIVAlqICh2nTwH4#v=onepage&q=rickshaws&f=false
Lu was able to provide the earlier history of rickshaws and how they were originally from Japan that were brought into China via Shanghai. Therefore, this hints at how development of roads were influenced since rickshaws can travel through narrow passageways.
Hao Li. The Implications of the Planning of Beijing's Imperial City for Sustainable Community Development, 2013. Pg 3-8, 19-21
Li focuses on the planning principle and the city selection of Imperial City in Beijing. It addresses how the establishment and changes of Imperial City contribute to the development of Beijing.
Hung Wu. Tiananmen Square: A Political History of Monuments. Pg.90-93
Wu discusses the function of Tiananmen Square and how the formation of Tiananmen Square embodied the supreme power of Mao.
Jing Zhou, The Urban Project: Architectural Intervention in Urban Areas, https://books.google.com/books?id=i6SKP1ss_ckC&pg=PA392&dq=beijing+twin+city+plan&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAGoVChMI37fhxZ_NxwIVQyyICh0dkQuk#v=onepage&q=beijing%20twin%20city%20plan&f=false
Zhou provided a detailed urban transformation of the last 60 years with explanations of the many master plans of Beijing. They included the Liang-Chen proposal of the Twin City Plan, the Revised Master Plan in 1957, the New Version of the Master Plan comprising of housing infrastructure in 1983, the New 20 year plan in 1993, and the 2004-2020 New Master Plan.
Jun Wang, Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing, 2011, Pg 45-50
Wang’s book emphasizes the planning of Beijing in the last 50 years. It discusses the changes made to the city’s cultural architecture and development plans implemented by the government.
Lillian M.Li, Alison J.Dray-Novey, Haili Kong, Beijing –From Imperial Capital to Olympic City, University of California Press,2003
In this book, the authors pay more attention to criticism of the influences of the Beijing Olympics Games rather than the positive results. It provides a different opinions from other sources.
Liu Wen Tao, Living Conditions-The Key Issue of Housing Development in Fengtai District, 2014, http://ees.elsevier.com/hbrcj
A case study was made on Fengtai District of Beijing surveying residents of different types of housing. Data and responses were organized in charts for further analysis and conclusion.
Madeline Yue Dong, Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories (University of California Press, 2003), page 34.
Dong discusses Beijing during the Republican Era and the various urban planning policies. This book focuses mostly on the history of Beijing, but provides many tangential evidence for Beijing’s urban planning policies during this period.
Meng Xu, Avishai Ceder, Ziyou Gao, Wei Guan, Mass transit systems of Beijing: governance evolution and analysis. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. 2010.
These authors provided a comprehensive plan of both the public transport (buses, trams, trolleys) and the subways and how these public transits contributed to the convenience of Beijing.
Mingzheng Shi. From Imperial Gardens to Public Parks, Modern China 24 (1998): 219-254.
Shi provides an overview of the process of converting Imperial Gardens for public use, and an analysis of how the improvement of public spaces impacted urban culture of Beijing.
Renzi Hou, The Transformation of the Old City of Beijing, China—A Concrete Manifestation of New China’s Cultural Reconstruction, 2014, Pg 32-42
Hou focuses on the early planning history and theory of Beijing as well as discuss the change of culture and tradition of the city with time. Sections were devoted to chronological planning changes of Beijing from the beginning of the city’s establishment. In addition, he explains different architectures in the Imperial City represented by their significant function.
Shuishan Yu, Redefining the Axis of Beijing: Revolution and Nostalgia in the Planning of the PRC Capital
Yu emphasized on the changes of the axes in Beijing when Chang’an Avenue was introduced, which ultimately signifies the end of the Imperial period. Ultimately, the Chang’an Avenue opened the east-west axis to the public.
Victor F.S. Sit, Beijing: The Nature and Planning of a Chinese Capital City (Hong Kong: John Wiley & Sons, 1995).
Sit gives an overview of the design principles of a typical Chinese capital city. He attributes the development of these principles to a variety of philosophical beliefs, like Confucianism or Buddhism.
Xu Jing & Wang Nan, Greater Beijing in Tongzhou, China Today p. 64-67
In the article from China Today, both Jing and Nan presented Tongzhou as a new urban district and how it was expanded with the mindset of making it an important economic sector in Beijing.
Xuefei Ren. Architecture as Branding: Mega Project Developments in Beijing. Built Environ Built Environment, 2008
Ren provides an overview on how the Mega Project played an important role in changing the urban development in Beijing, and how those new urban design projects are making growth on the economic aspects in Beijing.
Zhou Yu, China's Urban Housing Reform---With Specific Emphasis on Property Ownership, 1999, Pg 6-11
This article discussed China’s housing system from the start of the communist era, during economic reform, and in post-reform era. Yu focused on ideas of public or government control in comparison to private control over property and housing market.
《隧道建设》,2014北京地铁再收获47km新线-轨道交通骨干线网初步建成,2015年第01期
This journal provides some key data of the Beijing subway in 2014 and some important plans for the future.