The book studies the relationship between economic agglomeration and environmental pollution from a spatial perspective through theoretical analyses and empirical discussions. At both microscopic and macroscopic levels, the author first explores the impact mechanism of the agglomeration of economic activities on environmental pollution and proposes research frameworks based on spatial economic theory and output density theory. Drawing on descriptive statistics and explorative spatial data from 283 cities in China, the book investigates the current development, spatial characteristics, influence path, and environmental efficiency of urban economic agglomeration and pollution in the People’s Republic. The following empirical sections study spatial spillover effects, simultaneous bias and spatial interaction between agglomeration and pollution. The research findings give insight into interregional economic development, joint pollution control across regions, and the coordination of the two, especially in the context of developing countries. The title will appeal to researchers, students, government officials and policymakers interested in development economics, regional economics, urban economics, and environmental economics.

Die Vorstellung, China sei ein "schwacher Staat", der in einer zunehmend darwinistisch konzipierten Welt nicht konkurrenzfähig sei, beherrschte vom Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts, besonders seit dem verlorenen Krieg gegen Japan (1894/95), bis in die 1930er-Jahre den politischen Diskurs in China selbst wie auch in anderen Ländern der Welt. Der Band zeichnet diese "Untergangsgeschichte" des "kranken Mannes Asiens" nach und hilft somit, das Selbstverständnis und die Identität des heutigen China zu verstehen.

"The book studies the relationship between economic agglomeration and environmental pollution from a spatial perspective through theoretical analyses and empirical discussions. At both microscopic and macroscopic levels, the author first explores the impact mechanism of the agglomeration of economic activities on environmental pollution and proposes research frameworks based on spatial economic theory and output density theory. Drawing on descriptive statistics and explorative spatial data from 283 cities in China, the book investigates the current development, spatial characteristics, influence path, and environmental efficiency of urban economic agglomeration and pollution in the People's Republic. The following empirical sections study spatial spillover effects, simultaneous bias and spatial interaction between agglomeration and pollution. The research findings give insight into interregional economic development, joint pollution control across regions, and the coordination of the two, especially in the context of developing countries. The title will appeal to researchers, students, government officials and policymakers interested in development economics, regional economics, urban economics, and environmental economics"--

Chinese cities have been expanding since the early 1980s under trends of rapid modernization, urbanization and globalization. Since then they have changed dramatically, and have in the process lost many of their traditional environments and spatial characteristics. Urban planners and designers have been and are facing unprecedented challenges in China. They not only have to learn to understand the constantly emerging new urban mechanisms, and seek balance among stakeholders, but they also need to cope with the political pressures and the changing context under often extreme time pressure. In such circumstances, future- and design-oriented analysis based on a designerly way of thinking is useful - if not indispensable - for understanding the existing city and deciding on its transformations in a responsible and accountable way that is communicable among designers and with the public. This is especially so, in light of the growing awareness - also in China - of the value and importance of local urban identity, that is always - at least partially - based on history. In this atlas the Delft method of historical morphological analysis is applied to the city of Wuhan, valuing the importance of and finding meaning in the local urban identity of a city with a population over 11 million with a floating population of 14 million. The series of maps show the urban development, covering a century and a half.

C’est en 1999, avec Xiao Wu, artisan pickpocket, que le public français découvre Jia Zhang-ke. Huit autres films ont suivi, parmi lesquels The World et Still Life (Lion d’Or à Venise en 2006), qui ont fait de Jia le plus grand cinéaste chinois contemporain.Dits et écrits d’un cinéaste chinois est un recueil de textes, d'entretiens et de discours donnés par le cinéaste entre 1996 et 2011. Il est organisé en dix parties, traitant chacune d'un film. Chaque texte reflète la pensée du cinéaste à une époque donnée, offrant ainsi un éclairage immédiat et vivant sur ses œuvres.Les sujets abordés sont divers et complets : récit des expériences de jeunesse, problèmes survenus lors des tournages, production et distribution des films ; réflexions sur l’alcool, le voyage, le piratage... ; exposé de l’esthétique cinématographique de Jia. Plus encore, la véritable valeur du livre tient à l’observation pointue et aux critiques virulentes adressées, non sans humour, à la société et au cinéma chinois.Les entretiens accordent également une place de choix à plusieurs figures majeures, notamment les réalisateurs taïwanais Hou Hsiao-Hsien et Tsai Ming-Liang. Jia évoque des cinéastes ayant exercé une influence directe sur son œuvre, comme Yasujiro Ozu.Ce livre est un témoignage unique, à la première personne, sur la construction d’une œuvre centrale de notre temps, ainsi que sur celle d’une voix éthique et esthétique.