DESIGN AND COMPONENTS
1. Description of innovative planning practices at Chengdu –
Journals: Planning History, Urban Design, Cities
Methods: literature review, plan analysis, planners’ survey; interview with local political leaders, developers and residents aimed at understanding how the Garden City ideas as they have been interpreted in the context of Chengdu are being perceived and re-interpreted “on the ground”
Potential Articles about history of Garden City Planning in China, comparative studies, theory, cases (e.g., He Ming village case), Context – urban/rural policy reform, expanding
2. Description and evaluation of planning process and governance
Journals: JAPA, International Journal of Urban and Regional Planning
Research questions: Under what conditions does the Garden city planning idea get translated in the way that achieve the original intention and principles? Regional governance, finding the balance between environment protection and urban development, leadership, right timing (disaster), resources (?) How does Chinese government finance work? What is the regional governance – structure like?
Planning process – economic planning and spatial planning integration, informed by lessons learned and planning knowledge (first planner to serve as the bureau chief, planners with knowledge positioned at key tasks) and willingness to learn.