Building modern city and urban science

Authors

Guangtao WANG, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing 100835, ChinaFollow
Fen LI, Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co. Ltd., Shenzhen 518049, China; Chinese Society for Urban Studies, Beijing 100835, China
Xiang LIU, Urban Mobility Institute, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Yufei GAO, Beijing Institute of Architectural Design Co. Ltd., Beijing 100045, China

Keywords

urban science; modern cities; mathematical models; basic road maps

Document Type

Policy & Management Research

Abstract

China is in a new stage of development of Chinese-style modernization, and the construction of modern cities plays a leading role in the process of modernization. Urban science is an important direction that urban researchers has been exploring, and the construction of modern cities needs the guidance of China’s urban science theory. On the basis of summarizing the basic characteristics of urban science, this study draws on the frontier progress of urban science both domestically and internationally, this study proposes definitions of China’s urban science, and constructs a theoretical framework with four dimensions, namely, ideological guidance, theoretical evidence-based approach, practical actions, and digital technology. Focusing on the objectives of modern city development and incorporating essential issues to be addressed in urban practice, this study puts forward a basic roadmap for China’s urban science, aiming to improve its theoretical framework and methodology of China’s urban science.

First page

1894

Last Page

1907

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

WANG, Guangtao; LI, Fen; LIU, Xiang; and GAO, Yufei (2024) "Building modern city and urban science," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 39 : Iss. 11 , Article 9.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20240603002
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol39/iss11/9