{"id":20636,"date":"2017-07-31T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-31T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=20636"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:34","slug":"learning-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=20636","title":{"rendered":"UNC and Program on Chinese Cities Scholars: A Learning Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u201csnowflake\u201d on a central roundabout in Harbin. (photo by Bill Rohe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The challenges facing China\u2019s cities and metropolitan regions are daunting in scale and complexity; without exaggeration, the lives of millions will depend on how well China manages the continued growth of its cities in coming years,” says Yan Song, professor of city and regional planning and director of the\u00a0UNC Program on Chinese Cities<\/a>\u00a0(PCC). Since 2008, Song and her colleagues at UNC and partner universities in China have joined together for an exchange of ideas to benefit planners in China and the U.S. In 2016 alone, Song and the PCC hosted 56 scholars.<\/p>\n

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Bill Rohe giving a presentation at the International Association of Chinese Planning in Harbin. (photo by Bill Rohe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In response to invitations from former PCC scholars, Bill Rohe, Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor and director of the UNC Center for Urban and Regional Studies<\/a>, gave five lectures and toured four cities in China from June 12-22, 2017. \u201cThe sheer amount of construction happening in China is staggering,\u201d said Rohe. \u201cAlthough I\u2019d been to China before, this trip allowed me to see the changes since then and experience first-hand the scale and complexity of the issues facing my Chinese colleagues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rohe\u2019s lectures included a comparison of affordable housing policies in China and the U.S., the impacts of work requirements on public housing residents in the U.S., reestablishing connectivity in urban revitalization, and a comparative look at urban revitalization in the two countries. He participated in the 11th International Association for Chinese Planning Conference at Harbin and visited the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, the University of Shenzhen and Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

This exchange was made possible by the connections made through the PCC, whose scholars address a variety of topics, including sustainable environment and energy; land use and transportation planning; urban redevelopment and its social equity implications; economic development policy; property rights, infrastructure planning and government finance.<\/p>\n

The PCC is an initiative within UNC\u2019s Center for Urban & Regional Studies\u00a0in the College of Arts & Sciences. It conducts research and training aimed at better understanding the impacts of rapid urban growth on China\u2019s built and natural environments. The Program explores ways to make China\u2019s urbanization process more equitable, transparent, and socially and ecologically sustainable.<\/p>\n

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Story from the\u00a0Center for Urban and Regional Studies. Photos by Bill Rohe.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“The challenges facing China\u2019s cities and metropolitan regions are daunting in scale and complexity; without exaggeration, the lives of millions will depend on how well China manages the continued growth of its cities in coming years,” says Yan Song, professor of city and regional planning and director of the UNC Program on Chinese Cities (PCC). 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