City History and Multi-Scale Spatial Masterplanning

中国正以前所未有的速度城市化。这既带来了机遇，也带来了风险。在这里，我们建议建立一个国际研究网络，将英国研究人员与中国领先的大学聚集在一起，讨论共同利益，并为中英合作研究和学术交流制定建议。该网络还将酌情包括来自澳大利亚和美国的主要国际研究人员。该网络是受上海北部东滩生态城发展的启发而建立的一小批相关网络之一。它涉及两个相关的主题：中国和欧洲城市的历史发展，以及从当地到整个大都市区的空间总体规划。这些主题往往由不同的学者群体进行研究，但我们相信，将各个领域结合在一起会有很大的收获，因为历史的教训对当前的设计，规划和政策制定有很大的帮助。同样，在西方和亚洲的工业化和城市扩张的历史和经验之间建立桥梁也是有益的。该网络的一个中心重点是调查城市空间结构与社会文化的关系。这方面的规划目前被认为是一个核心的可持续社区的创建，是一个跨文化比较研究的好处是明确的。在这里，我们将研究空间分析和建模方法的使用，以便跨文化和历史比较的共同基础。通过这种方式，我们将研究分析技术在城市设计，规划和政策形成中的应用。

China is urbanising at an unprecedented rate. This brings both opportunities and risks. Here we propose an international research network to bring together UK researchers with the leading universities in China to discuss common interests and formulate proposals for Anglo-Chinese collaborative research and academic exchange. The network will also include leading international researchers from Australia and the USA where appropriate. This network forms one of a small group of related networks inspired by the Dongtan Eco-city development north of Shanghai. It addresses two related topics / the historical development of Chinese and European cities, and spatial masterplanning at scales ranging from the local place to the whole metropolitan area. These topics tend to be researched by different groups of academics, however we believe there is much to be gained by bringing fields together since the lessons of history have much to bring to current design, planning and policy formation so far as urbanisation is concerned. Equally, there is benefit in bridging between western and Asian history and experience of industrialisation and urban expansion. A central focus of this network will be to investigate the way that urban spatial structure relates to social cultures. This aspect of planning is currently seen to be a central to the creation of sustainable communities and is one where the benefit of cross cultural comparison in research is clear cut. Here we will investigate the use of spatial analysis and modelling methodologies to allow a common basis for cross cultural and historical comparison. In this way we will investigate the application of analytic technologies in urban design, planning and poloicy formation.