Beijing

EpicenterWENCHUAN COUNTRY, SICHUAN province

Magnitude7.9 Richter Scale

RangeTremors felt as far as Beijing 1500km from epicenter

Casualty 69,197 people dead, of which 68,636 in Sichuan province

Injured374,176 people

Missing18,222 people

Affected15 million people lived in the affected area

Homeless4.8 million people homeless

A collapsed building in Dujiangyan, close to the epicentre of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.

Lake Formation in the Aftermath of Magnitude 7.9 Earthquake, Reliefweb

Dujiangyan Area

• 2000‐year‐old irrigation system

• On the 29th of November 2000, Dujiangyan Irrigation System was placed on the World Cultural Heritage list.

• It irrigates farming land across 33 counties in West Sichuan Province.

Development from Disaster

Reliefweb

70%

35%

Current development:RAPID SHRINKAGE OF FARM LANDS WHICH OWING TO HIGH AMOUNT OF URBANISATION

ResultsHuman displacement

Development without proper risk assessment to safeguard current investments.

Redevelopment of Dujiangyan and the Sichuan province are a unique opportunity to find sustainable ways to synergize social, economical and

spatial forces within its geo‐political framework.

All the stakeholders in relation to their sustainable presence within current spatial framework must be acknowledged if a prosperous future

is to be realized.

Aim of Workshop

CHINA

Land Area9.6 million square kilometres

Population1.3 Billion

RuledPeople's Republic of China1 October 1949

WESTERN REGION

CENTRAL REGION

EASTERN REGION

TIBETIAN PLATEAU

CENTRAL MOUNTAIN &

PLATEAU

EASTERN PLAINS

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1983

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Regional Imbalance

CHINA PROPER

EXTRA-ECUMENICAL CHINA

1983

Political History

Mao Zedong(1943-1976 )

Hua Guofeng(1976-1981)

Deng Xiaoping

(1981-1989)

Jiang Zemin(1989-2004)

Hu Jintao(since 2004…

Treaty of Nanking (29 August 1842)

End of First Opium War (1839–42)

Opening 5 ports for foreign trade • Guangzhou• Xiamen• Fuzhou• Ningbo• Shanghai

Japanese Occupation of China (1931 -1941)MANCHURIA

CIVIL WAR (1946 – 1949)

People’s Republic of China (PRC) came to power on 1 October 1949

Mr. Mao Zedong becomes the leader of the Communist party

WAR OF LIBERATION

• Severe depression

• High Inflation

• Huge income and regional inequalities

• Coastal region produced about 70 percent of industrial products while the vast interior was devoid of modern industries

Post war Problems

Communist China (PRC)

Premier Mao Zedong

Highly centralized mode of planning and administration

Establishment of State Planning Commission and the State Construction Commission

Transfer of Private enterprises into state-owned enterprises (SOEs) operating under planning

SELF RESILIENCE: Isolated from the rest of the World

Workers

Agriculture

Economy

Land ownershipIndustry

FoodWork

Land

Regional Inequalities

Development Push INLAND

Upgrade Existing factories in the Coastal areas

New factories close to resource INLAND

Resource Factory

Local work force

First FIVE YEAR PLAN (FYP)

156 Industry and Energy based projects50% In CENTRAL CHINA

HUKOU system

Migration

Family Registration system at hereditary places all over the country

Effective check towards Migration

Cultural revolution 1966

“Class struggle is the driving force of social development”- Premier Mao Zedong

• Private commerce and markets were prohibited

• Government organizations, factories, and educational institutions were disbanded

Cultural Revolution

Civil war

Economic Reform 1978

“To Get Rich Is Glorious”

Premier Deng Xiaoping

Development Policy

Kuznets curve

Chinese Cities

30 Cities with OVER 1 MILLION POPULATION

375 cities with less than

200,000 Population

City Development

Rural Agricultural Land

Shenzhen

1980’s, a small fishing city with a population of 30,000.

Today it is a sprawling city of 12 million+ population

Chinese peasants are able to leave the soil but not the village and enter the factory but

not the city

City A City B

City A City B

City A City B

Migrant worker housing

Government Power

Central Power State Power