Scholars from Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design Undertake Comparative Study of American Cities
Five UNC Program on Chinese Cities visiting scholars from the Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design undertook a comparative study of various American cities during a three-month stay at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The … Read more
Inaugural Sustainable Development in China Forum Held at UNC
On July 23, 2018, the UNC Program on Chinese Cities (PCC) held its first International Forum of Urban-Rural Sustainability on the campus of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A program of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS), … Read more
EVENT: Current Relations in Sino-US Economic and Trade Frictions
The UNC Program on Chinese Cities presents: A Seminar by Dr. Jiang Pan Economic Counselor and Chief of the Economic Section of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the US Reading Room, New East 211 | Thursday, … Read more
Urban Planning Helps to Control Air Quality for Chinese Cities
What is the relationship between urban planning and air quality in China? Rapid growth and greatly expanded motor vehicle ownership and usage have contributed to serious air pollution across China. In 2013, 96 percent of key cities did not meet … Read more
Beijing’s Big Plan – BBC interview with Yan Song
On October 5, 2017, Ed Butler of the BBC reported on Xiong’an, a small rural town in China that is set to become a city of 5 million. Listen here for this BBC report featuring an interview with PCC Director … Read more
Yan Song discusses Beijing’s Urban Master Plan on CGTN
Yan Song is the director of the Program on Chinese Cities at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Faculty Fellow of the Center for Urban and Regional Studies. In an interview on October 3, 2017 with … Read more
Post-Disaster Recovery Plans after China’s Wenchuan Earthquake
At 2:28 pm on May 12, 2008, the Wènchuān dà dìzhèn (literally “Great Wenchuan earthquake”) registered 8.0 on the Richter magnitude scale. As the 21st deadliest earthquake of all time, the Wenchuan (also known as Sichuan) earthquake took more than … Read more
Mind the Gap: Broken Intercity Highways in China
The UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies and the Program on Chinese Cities presents: A Brown Bag Lunch Seminar by Xingjian Liu, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong Reading Room, New … Read more
Practice of Urban Revival in Shanghai, China
The Center for Urban and Regional Studies, the Department of City and Regional Planning and the Program on Chinese Cities presents: A Brown Bag Lunch Seminar by Gu Xiaokun, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar at the Center for Urban & Regional Studies … Read more
It’s not technical, it’s organizational: Understanding BRT shortcomings in China
When: Monday, August 29, 12:30pm – 2:00pm Where: 211 New East Chapin Reading Room, UNC-Chapel Hill Alainna Thomas Lecturer – Department of Urban Planning and Design Xi’an-Jiaotong Liverpool University In parallel with China’s rapid urbanization has come greater demand for … Read more