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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: Average building lasts only 20 years

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date January 5, 2011
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More than half of China’s existing residential structures will be demolished and rebuilt in the coming 20 years, according to a senior researcher from the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, a claim that has sparked fresh questions about the short lifespan of Chinese buildings […]

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Architecture & Urban Planning in China: urbanization to create massive infrastructure investment

Post author By Itamar Medeiros
Post date October 14, 2009
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Some 300 million Chinese now living in rural areas — the equivalent of the entire population of the United States — will move into cities in the coming 15 to 20 years, said a senior Chinese official recently […]