City walks enable us to think and feel more intricately, and by living through them hopefully less ostentatiously - through experiences and relations that genuinely matter. This sort of spatial syntagma is made of many correlations based on knowing what happens in cities, feeling what attributes are important, and articulating a set of relations to develop socio-spatial inter-relations and, ultimately, identities. In a way, city walks should empower cities to talk penetratingly while we hear, feel, and observe through experiences and thinking. Hence, city walks help the city talk.

The City of Chongqing means a lot to me. It is a city that allows you to fall in love with a sense of urbanity for city life and experiences. It is a city that creates a distinguishable set of relations, both transient and abiding in many ways. It is a city with a different tone of heartbeat during the day and the night, a sort of vibration that lives through many arteries at different nodes, settings, and connections. It is a city of multiple networks - different from many other cities - that never sleeps. Most importantly, Chongqing has a unique magnitude of everything that a city can offer. It is a city that can be experienced differently every time you visit it, and you can live through those diminutive experiences via greater connections and expounded senses that exist but have to be experienced first. In this book, Chongqing is studied based on its sophistication of having multiple layers, multiple identities, and multiple localities. Hence, it is structured based on these three crucial aspects, including (urban) values, attributes, experiences, and livelihoods of Chongqing. This book is the first of its kind for a Chinese city and is aimed to reveal a genuine gem while accentuating with pride a city that never sleeps. This should be read and understood by scholars, urban researchers, and urban specialists seeking to develop better cities and communities.

Just Brilliant! Chongqing has never been portrayed any better than this book does so miraculously.

• Tian Tang, Independent Researcher, China

Another unique mapping study by the author; and this time, through sensory and perceptible city walks of a global city the beautiful city of Chongqing.

• Aaron Golden, Independent Researcher, UK

The first book related to City Walks in a Chinese City A comprehensive coverage of a city-based study from multiple perspectives and analyses Puts together a detailed understanding of a city through multiple layers

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Prof. Ali Cheshmehzangi is Professor and Head of the School of Architecture, Design, and Planning (ADP) at the University of Queensland. He has been the world’s top 2% field leader since 2021, recognized by Stanford University. He is among the top 20 global scholars in the urban sustainability research area. Ali is internationally known for his scholarly contribution and extended work on climate resilience and sustainable urbanism research, mainly as editor-in-chief of Springer’s "Urban Sustainability" book series. Ali has collaborated and worked with major international and national organizations and leading industry partners such as the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the UN-Habitat, ICLEI, Arup, Siemens, Regional Planning Association (in New York), London Development Agency, Catapult UK, The Guangzhou Award for Urban Innovation, China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China Academy of Building Research (CABR), Building Research Establishment (BRE), etc. To date, Ali has published over 500 journal papers, articles, conference papers, book chapters, and reports. He also has 43 other academic books, mainly focused on sustainable urban development, urbanism, and sustainability transitions. Some of his books have received national, provincial, and municipal awards. He has received international awards and recognition for his urban resilience and sustainability research and the 2018 vice-chancellor’s award for his impactful contribution to higher education. He is the author of the newly-developed concept of "Advanced City". Dr. Tong Zou is a PostDoc research associate at the School of Ecology, Environment and Resources at Guangdong University of Technology, China. She has recently completed her PhD studies. For more than a year, she was a visiting PhD scholar at the University of Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum, Italy. She also holds a B.Sc. with Honors in Integrated Science, a minor in Statistics, and a minor in Technology, Society, and Environmental Studies from Carleton University, Canada. In response to the global water crisis, she developed a model prototype of the proposed integrated radiative air well by applying the bio-mimicry features of the Namibian beetle (Stenocara gracilipes) for her Honors thesis. Tong graduated from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) with an M.Sc. in Environmental Management. During her postgraduate studies, she worked on the project "Urban Metabolism and Urban Metabolism-Urban Sustainability-Smart Cities Nexus". During her gap year, Tong Zou worked as a research intern at the Centre of Air Pollution Energy and Health Research (CAR), Australia; a project assistant at the International Cooperation Centre of Ecology and Environment of Sichuan Province, China; and an ecology and environment technological assistant at the Sichuan Investment Evaluation and Performance Appraisal Centre of Ecology and Environment, China. Currently, Tong is working on a research project, "A framework for enhancing urban food system sustainability in smart, resilient cities in China".

Inhalt

Chesh and Chongqing: Sun, Sin, Sanity, and the City that Sings.- Chongqing City Walks and Mapping the City.- Verticality and the Metabolic City: Chongqing's Adaptive Urbanism in the Heights.- Horizontality Reimagined: Unfolding Spatial Continuities and Urban Expanses in Chongqing.- Streets and Paths in Motion: Unfolding Chongqing's Layered Journeys.