Book launch: BEYOND URBANISM Urban(izing) Villages and the Mega-urban Landscape in the Pearl River Delta in China
When: 10.12.2014; 6 pm Where: TU Berlin Institute of Architecture Room A409 Strasse des 17. Juni 152 10623 Berlin What: Welcome by Peter Herrle 30 min. video with Detlev Ipsen on Urban(izing) Villages and the Mega-urban Landscape in the Pearl River Delta Discussion: The results of a DFG-funded research project on urbanization and informal dynamics Large urban agglomerations have emerged over the past decades and, in some cases, entire rural regions were urbanized in less than a decade. These trends not only reflect an unprecedented quantitative dimension of urbanization but also the emergence of new urban forms - beyond urbanism - thus posing new challenges to regional planners, politicians and urban governance actors. The book has been published in the HABITAT - INTERNATIONAL Series. Beyond Urbanism