Mapping Wuhan Morphological atlas of the Urbanization of a Chinese City

• Main Author: Bekkering, Henco (auth)
• Other Authors: Cai, Jiaxiu (auth), Kuijper, Joran (auth), Ke, Zhang (auth), Wei, Chen (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Delft TU Delft Open 2022
• Subjects: Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning; Technology, engineering, agriculture; China; Delft School; history; mapping; morphology; Wuhan
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Chinese cities have been expanding since the early 1980s under trends of rapid modernization, urbanization and globalization. Since then they have changed dramatically, and have in the process lost many of their traditional environments and spatial characteristics. Urban planners and designers have...