Public Seminar
Tuesday 18th November 2014, 12.30pm to 2pm, Room TW2.10.01B, Tower 2, LSE
Speaker: Dr Jiayan Liu
Chair: Professor Athar Hussain
China has undergone rapid urbanisation during the last two decades, following economic and political reforms. Currently there is a nationwide consensus calling for a new type of urbanisation which is people-centred. Transformation of the urban development model is essential for expanding metropolises. As a global city, Beijing is facing major challenges including: excessive population growth; urban function upgrading; limited land for construction; socio-spatial transformation and social segregation; and deteriorating environmental conditions. Taking the context of an evaluation of Beijing's latest Master Plan, this study focuses on the process of urban regeneration in Beijing since the 1990s, with the Old City being the central study area. Using the concept of gentrification and the perspective of socio-spatial dialectics, the characteristics and mechanisms of the socio-spatial transformation in the Old City are analysed together with its inspiration for China's urban planning transformation.
Dr Jiayan Liu| is a Visiting Fellow at the LSE Asia Research Centre. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University. Dr Liu’s research interests include Social Planning, Urban Housing and Public Space Studies.
Professor Athar Hussain| is Director of the LSE Asia Research Centre.
Additional Information
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. Please direct any queries to arc@lse.ac.uk| or call 020 7955 7615.