The urban code of China [electronic resource] /
Cheng shi
Dieter Hassenpflug ; [translation from German into English, Mark Kammerbauer].
- Basel : Birkhauser, c2010.
- 175 p. : ill. (chiefly col.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175).
How to read a city? -- Transformations of empty urban space -- Swinging lines and dancing dots -- Closed urban space -- Open urban space -- Urban fictions -- The compact city -- The Chinese city as a semiotic system -- Summary.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9783034612067 (electronic bk.)
City planning--China. Cities and towns--China. Urbanization--China. Architecture--History--China--21st century. National characteristics, Chinese.