Tongzhou. Suburbanizzazione e decentramento

Journal title TERRITORIO
Author/s Filippo Fiandanese
Publishing Year 2018 Issue 2018/85
Language Italian Pages 5 P. 40-44 File size 1525 KB
DOI 10.3280/TR2018-085004
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Suburbanization and decentralisation The article presents the new town of Tongzhou, located in the eastern part of the suburban area of Beijing. Tongzhou new town is everything but new. It is the last step of a long process of urban expansion and of various attempts to overcome the hyper-concentration of functions and population in the inner districts of Beijing. Exploring Tongzhou New Town is thus a way to understand the processes of expansion and decentralization of Beijing, both at the metropolitan and macro-regional scales.

Keywords: Tongzhou New Town; Beijing; decentralization processes

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Filippo Fiandanese, Tongzhou. Suburbanizzazione e decentramento in "TERRITORIO" 85/2018, pp 40-44, DOI: 10.3280/TR2018-085004