Learning From China's Building Boom

24 April 2008 - 2:00pm

China's booming cities have a lot to teach western architects, planners, and urban policy makers, says professor Thomas J. Campanella.

A recent podcast features "Thomas Campanella, author of The Concrete Dragon, [who] talks about China's urban revolution and what the construction boom has to teach architects, urban planners, and city leaders in the West."

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Source: Business Week, April 24, 2008
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