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Redesigning China’s superblock neighbourhoods: policies, opportunities and challenges

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  • Har Ye Kan
  • Ann Forsyth
  • Peter Rowe

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In February 2016, China’s State Council released a set of guidelines representing a change in the country’s approach toward neighbourhood design: to move away from superblock neighbourhoods and create a finer network of urban blocks and streets. The paper traces the circumstances that prompted this change, drawing on a comparative review of international literature and practice, and explores the opportunities and challenges for urban design. While modifications of the superblock are somewhat overdue, this current mode of organization should not be entirely abandoned. The suggestions and overall blueprint warrant a more circumspect approach and should be adopted with discretion.

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  • Har Ye Kan & Ann Forsyth & Peter Rowe, 2017. "Redesigning China’s superblock neighbourhoods: policies, opportunities and challenges," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(6), pages 757-777, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:22:y:2017:i:6:p:757-777
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2017.1337493
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    1. Tuomo Joensuu & Markku Norvasuo & Harry Edelman, 2019. "Stakeholders’ Interests in Developing an Energy Ecosystem for the Superblock—Case Hiedanranta," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-19, December.
    2. Scoppa, Martin & Bawazir, Khawla & Alawadi, Khaled, 2019. "Straddling boundaries in superblock cities. Assessing local and global network connectivity using cases from Abu Dhabi, UAE," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 770-782.
    3. Barrington-Leigh, Christopher Paul & Millard-Ball, Adam, 2019. "A global assessment of street network sprawl," OSF Preprints 6vp8j, Center for Open Science.
    4. Jiayu Huang & Suguru Mori & Rie Nomura, 2019. "Territorial Cognition, Behavior, and Space of Residents: A Comparative Study of Territoriality between Open and Gated Housing Blocks; a Case Study of Changchun, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-15, April.
    5. Jiayu Huang & Suguru Mori & Rie Nomura, 2018. "Comparing Characteristics of Environmental Behaviors and Spatial Types in Open and Gated Housing Blocks: A Case Study of Changchun, China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-14, June.

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