Raffaele Pernice is an EU Licensed Architect and Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He holds a PhD in Architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo and an M.Arch from the University IUAV of Venice in Italy.Bing Chen is a Senior Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China. He is a chartered architect of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

When it comes to the business of urban and rural renewal, once we compare cases from vastly different contexts, we are surprised to realise how much commonality that we share, and how much we can learn from the differences. The scholarly value of this timely book lies in just that.Xing Ruan, Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.By bringing together a collection of essays on urban and rural development strategies in Australia and China, this volume makes an important contribution to the research on more sustainable urbanisation processes from major metropolitan areas to regional centres. Comparisons are drawn between both countries throughout the book, offering valuable insights into their distinct challenges and opportunities. Within its chapters, readers will discover a breadth of case studies and policy recommendations addressing issues related to social sustainability, cultural revitalisation, and ecological restoration.Duanfang Lu, Professor, School of Architecture, Design and Planning (ADP), the University of Sydney, Australia.This significant collaboration between Australian and Chinese scholars offers profound findings on urbanisation and associated challenges. These in-depth comparative studies are full of insights. The book is an exemplar of grounded, engaged, and productive research collaborations. The perspectives from these studies shed lights on the vital issues of urban regeneration and rural vitalisation beyond these two countries. The skilful editorial intervention by editors, Raffaele Pernice and Bing Chen, produced a coherent book for urban studies research communities and planning professionals. It is a rich source of information for students interested in urbanisation and planning. Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, UCL.Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and diverse case studies from Australia and China, this volume presents fresh and original accounts of how planners and built environment professionals engage in various forms of experimentation in urban regeneration and rural revitalisation amidst emergent socio-economic challenges. The book is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship that promotes comparative approaches that depart from previous works, which tended to emphasise the exceptionalities of each country.Cecilia L. Chu, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• List of figuresList of tablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword by Nicholas A. PhelpsIntroductionRaffaele Pernice, Bing Chen, Luciano CardellicchioChapter 1: Whither the New Town in Contemporary Australian Planning?Robert Freestone and Nicola PullanChapter 2: New Opportunities for Second-Tier Cities? Towards an Understanding of Spatial Economic Relationships between Primary and Secondary Cities in AustraliaHyungmin Kim and Anthony KentChapter 3: The Urbanization of China and Australia: Visions, Strategies and Urban Paradigms in the Context of Asia Pacific RegionDan Gui and Raffaele PerniceChapter 4: The Role of Water Bodies in the Placemaking of Kunming City, South‑West ChinaYun Gao, Adrian Pitts and Mengxue YangChapter 5: The Evolution of Urbanisation and Planning Practices: A Comparative Study of England and ChinaTianjie Jiang, Bing Chen, Thomas Moore and John SturzakerChapter 6: Bridging Rural and Urban Disconnections: Spatial Graphic Explorations of Australia’s Livestock LandscapesJoshua ZeunertChapter 7: Transportation Transformation Towards Urban Renaissance: A Case Study in HangzhouXiaohe Zhang, Xia Hua and Haixiao PanChapter 8: Culture-Led Rural Revitalisation in Chinese Intermediary Cities: Challenges and Opportunities during the PandemicGiulio Verdini and Shengxi XinChapter 9: Design Research of Civic Commercial Space: Reshaping CommercialSpace of Melbourne Southern Cross Railway StationSiyu Chen, Yixuan Cao, Yuxuan han, David Mah and Leire Asensio VilloriaChapter 10: Sustainable Soundscape Design During the Regeneration of Urban Public Spaces— A Case Study in Suzhou, ChinaJingwen Cao and Jian KangChapter 11: Country Park and Ecological Restoration in Shanghai’s Rural RevitalisationNannan Dong, Yongnan Wang and Zhiwei LiuChapter 12: Former Industrial Waterfronts as Laboratories for Sustainable Urban Planning: Comparing Recent Efforts in Shanghai with Cases in New York and RotterdamHarry den HartogChapter 13: A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in ChinaZhang Jinhao, Lu Jun, Deng Wu and Paolo BeccarelliChapter 14: Ultra Square: Le Corbusier’s Symbolism in Design through the Lens of PhilosophySanaz HosseinabadiChapter 15: The Linkage Mechanism of Integrating the Planning, Construction, Management and Service of Indemnificatory Rental Housing in ShanghaiWu BoshenChapter 16: Impact Factors of Authenticity Experience and Renewal Strategies of Touristic Spaces in a Historic District Based on Grounded Theory: A Case Study of 25–27 Daxinqiao Lane in Pingjiang Road, SuzhouLeilei Sun, Zehua Xu, Yi Ma, Shenmiao Huang and Liang ZhangAfterword by Wei YangIndex

Raffaele Pernice is an EU Licensed Architect and Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He holds a PhD in Architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo and an M.Arch from the University IUAV of Venice in Italy.Bing Chen is a Senior Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China. He is a chartered architect of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

When it comes to the business of urban and rural renewal, once we compare cases from vastly different contexts, we are surprised to realise how much commonality that we share, and how much we can learn from the differences. The scholarly value of this timely book lies in just that.Xing Ruan, Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.By bringing together a collection of essays on urban and rural development strategies in Australia and China, this volume makes an important contribution to the research on more sustainable urbanisation processes from major metropolitan areas to regional centres. Comparisons are drawn between both countries throughout the book, offering valuable insights into their distinct challenges and opportunities. Within its chapters, readers will discover a breadth of case studies and policy recommendations addressing issues related to social sustainability, cultural revitalisation, and ecological restoration.Duanfang Lu, Professor, School of Architecture, Design and Planning (ADP), the University of Sydney, Australia.This significant collaboration between Australian and Chinese scholars offers profound findings on urbanisation and associated challenges. These in-depth comparative studies are full of insights. The book is an exemplar of grounded, engaged, and productive research collaborations. The perspectives from these studies shed lights on the vital issues of urban regeneration and rural vitalisation beyond these two countries. The skilful editorial intervention by editors, Raffaele Pernice and Bing Chen, produced a coherent book for urban studies research communities and planning professionals. It is a rich source of information for students interested in urbanisation and planning. Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, UCL.Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and diverse case studies from Australia and China, this volume presents fresh and original accounts of how planners and built environment professionals engage in various forms of experimentation in urban regeneration and rural revitalisation amidst emergent socio-economic challenges. The book is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship that promotes comparative approaches that depart from previous works, which tended to emphasise the exceptionalities of each country.Cecilia L. Chu, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• List of figuresList of tablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword by Nicholas A. PhelpsIntroductionRaffaele Pernice, Bing Chen, Luciano CardellicchioChapter 1: Whither the New Town in Contemporary Australian Planning?Robert Freestone and Nicola PullanChapter 2: New Opportunities for Second-Tier Cities? Towards an Understanding of Spatial Economic Relationships between Primary and Secondary Cities in AustraliaHyungmin Kim and Anthony KentChapter 3: The Urbanization of China and Australia: Visions, Strategies and Urban Paradigms in the Context of Asia Pacific RegionDan Gui and Raffaele PerniceChapter 4: The Role of Water Bodies in the Placemaking of Kunming City, South‑West ChinaYun Gao, Adrian Pitts and Mengxue YangChapter 5: The Evolution of Urbanisation and Planning Practices: A Comparative Study of England and ChinaTianjie Jiang, Bing Chen, Thomas Moore and John SturzakerChapter 6: Bridging Rural and Urban Disconnections: Spatial Graphic Explorations of Australia’s Livestock LandscapesJoshua ZeunertChapter 7: Transportation Transformation Towards Urban Renaissance: A Case Study in HangzhouXiaohe Zhang, Xia Hua and Haixiao PanChapter 8: Culture-Led Rural Revitalisation in Chinese Intermediary Cities: Challenges and Opportunities during the PandemicGiulio Verdini and Shengxi XinChapter 9: Design Research of Civic Commercial Space: Reshaping CommercialSpace of Melbourne Southern Cross Railway StationSiyu Chen, Yixuan Cao, Yuxuan han, David Mah and Leire Asensio VilloriaChapter 10: Sustainable Soundscape Design During the Regeneration of Urban Public Spaces— A Case Study in Suzhou, ChinaJingwen Cao and Jian KangChapter 11: Country Park and Ecological Restoration in Shanghai’s Rural RevitalisationNannan Dong, Yongnan Wang and Zhiwei LiuChapter 12: Former Industrial Waterfronts as Laboratories for Sustainable Urban Planning: Comparing Recent Efforts in Shanghai with Cases in New York and RotterdamHarry den HartogChapter 13: A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in ChinaZhang Jinhao, Lu Jun, Deng Wu and Paolo BeccarelliChapter 14: Ultra Square: Le Corbusier’s Symbolism in Design through the Lens of PhilosophySanaz HosseinabadiChapter 15: The Linkage Mechanism of Integrating the Planning, Construction, Management and Service of Indemnificatory Rental Housing in ShanghaiWu BoshenChapter 16: Impact Factors of Authenticity Experience and Renewal Strategies of Touristic Spaces in a Historic District Based on Grounded Theory: A Case Study of 25–27 Daxinqiao Lane in Pingjiang Road, SuzhouLeilei Sun, Zehua Xu, Yi Ma, Shenmiao Huang and Liang ZhangAfterword by Wei YangIndex

Raffaele Pernice is an EU Licensed Architect and Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at UNSW Sydney, Australia. He holds a PhD in Architecture from Waseda University in Tokyo and an M.Arch from the University IUAV of Venice in Italy.Bing Chen is a Senior Associate Professor and the Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China. He is a chartered architect of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

When it comes to the business of urban and rural renewal, once we compare cases from vastly different contexts, we are surprised to realise how much commonality that we share, and how much we can learn from the differences. The scholarly value of this timely book lies in just that.Xing Ruan, Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.By bringing together a collection of essays on urban and rural development strategies in Australia and China, this volume makes an important contribution to the research on more sustainable urbanisation processes from major metropolitan areas to regional centres. Comparisons are drawn between both countries throughout the book, offering valuable insights into their distinct challenges and opportunities. Within its chapters, readers will discover a breadth of case studies and policy recommendations addressing issues related to social sustainability, cultural revitalisation, and ecological restoration.Duanfang Lu, Professor, School of Architecture, Design and Planning (ADP), the University of Sydney, Australia.This significant collaboration between Australian and Chinese scholars offers profound findings on urbanisation and associated challenges. These in-depth comparative studies are full of insights. The book is an exemplar of grounded, engaged, and productive research collaborations. The perspectives from these studies shed lights on the vital issues of urban regeneration and rural vitalisation beyond these two countries. The skilful editorial intervention by editors, Raffaele Pernice and Bing Chen, produced a coherent book for urban studies research communities and planning professionals. It is a rich source of information for students interested in urbanisation and planning. Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, UCL.Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and diverse case studies from Australia and China, this volume presents fresh and original accounts of how planners and built environment professionals engage in various forms of experimentation in urban regeneration and rural revitalisation amidst emergent socio-economic challenges. The book is an important addition to the growing body of scholarship that promotes comparative approaches that depart from previous works, which tended to emphasise the exceptionalities of each country.Cecilia L. Chu, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• List of figuresList of tablesList of ContributorsAcknowledgementsForeword by Nicholas A. PhelpsIntroductionRaffaele Pernice, Bing Chen, Luciano CardellicchioChapter 1: Whither the New Town in Contemporary Australian Planning?Robert Freestone and Nicola PullanChapter 2: New Opportunities for Second-Tier Cities? Towards an Understanding of Spatial Economic Relationships between Primary and Secondary Cities in AustraliaHyungmin Kim and Anthony KentChapter 3: The Urbanization of China and Australia: Visions, Strategies and Urban Paradigms in the Context of Asia Pacific RegionDan Gui and Raffaele PerniceChapter 4: The Role of Water Bodies in the Placemaking of Kunming City, South‑West ChinaYun Gao, Adrian Pitts and Mengxue YangChapter 5: The Evolution of Urbanisation and Planning Practices: A Comparative Study of England and ChinaTianjie Jiang, Bing Chen, Thomas Moore and John SturzakerChapter 6: Bridging Rural and Urban Disconnections: Spatial Graphic Explorations of Australia’s Livestock LandscapesJoshua ZeunertChapter 7: Transportation Transformation Towards Urban Renaissance: A Case Study in HangzhouXiaohe Zhang, Xia Hua and Haixiao PanChapter 8: Culture-Led Rural Revitalisation in Chinese Intermediary Cities: Challenges and Opportunities during the PandemicGiulio Verdini and Shengxi XinChapter 9: Design Research of Civic Commercial Space: Reshaping CommercialSpace of Melbourne Southern Cross Railway StationSiyu Chen, Yixuan Cao, Yuxuan han, David Mah and Leire Asensio VilloriaChapter 10: Sustainable Soundscape Design During the Regeneration of Urban Public Spaces— A Case Study in Suzhou, ChinaJingwen Cao and Jian KangChapter 11: Country Park and Ecological Restoration in Shanghai’s Rural RevitalisationNannan Dong, Yongnan Wang and Zhiwei LiuChapter 12: Former Industrial Waterfronts as Laboratories for Sustainable Urban Planning: Comparing Recent Efforts in Shanghai with Cases in New York and RotterdamHarry den HartogChapter 13: A Review of Research on Thermal Comfort in Rural Houses in ChinaZhang Jinhao, Lu Jun, Deng Wu and Paolo BeccarelliChapter 14: Ultra Square: Le Corbusier’s Symbolism in Design through the Lens of PhilosophySanaz HosseinabadiChapter 15: The Linkage Mechanism of Integrating the Planning, Construction, Management and Service of Indemnificatory Rental Housing in ShanghaiWu BoshenChapter 16: Impact Factors of Authenticity Experience and Renewal Strategies of Touristic Spaces in a Historic District Based on Grounded Theory: A Case Study of 25–27 Daxinqiao Lane in Pingjiang Road, SuzhouLeilei Sun, Zehua Xu, Yi Ma, Shenmiao Huang and Liang ZhangAfterword by Wei YangIndex