- Framing urban Development; spatial strategies by sister-cities Wuhan, China and Arnhem, Netherlands    click here to open paper content1023 kb
by    WU, Zhiling & Verweij, Jos & Smolders, Bert | josverweij@planet.nl   click here to send an email to the auther(s) of this paper
Short Outline
This comparative analysis by the sister-cities Wuhan, China and Arnhem, Netherlands, describes the masterplan-strategies of both cities to manage urban development and avoiding urban sprawl.
A strong green-blue framework with a key role for ‘metropolitan agriculture’, tailor made for both cities, is a new effective concept for both masterplan-strategies.
Abstract
This comparative study by the sister-cities Wuhan, China and Arnhem, Netherlands, describes the masterplan-strategies of both cities to manage urban development, avoiding urban sprawl, focusing on a balance between built up area and open space, between successful urban growth and livability, between urban and rural space.
Keywords are polycentricity, a strong green-blue framework and the ‘greenport-concept’ with ‘metropolitan agriculture’ as a new concept for urban-rural co-growth.
Park Lingezeegen in the Urban Region Arnhem-Nijmegen and a pilot program in the Greater East Lake area in Wuhan are examples of concrete initiatives to strengthen the green-blue framework with a key role for metropolitan agriculture.
Keywords
masterplan green-blue structures sistercities Wuhan Arnhem
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