Shares first-hand cases of shrinking cities in several provinces and regions

Is richly illustrated with photographs from China's shrinking cities

Employs cutting-edge techniques like deep learning for empirical studies

Shares first-hand cases of shrinking cities in several provinces and regions Is richly illustrated with photographs from China's shrinking cities Employs cutting-edge techniques like deep learning for empirical studies

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Ying Long is now an associate professor in the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China. His research focuses on urban planning, quantitative urban studies and applied urban modeling. He has an education background in both environmental engineering and city planning. Before joining Tsinghua University, he has worked for Beijing Institute of City Planning as a senior planner for eleven years. Familiar with planning practices in China and versed in international literature, Dr. Long's academic studies creatively integrate international methods and experiences with local planning practices. He has published over one hundred journal papers and led over twenty research/planning projects. Dr. Long is also the founder of Beijing City Lab (BCL www.beijingcitylab.com), an open research network for quantitative urban studies.

Shuqi Gao is a lecturer in the School of Architecture at Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, specializing in the fields of shrinking cities,physical disorder, aging society and urban redevelopment. He graduated from the Tsinghua University with a doctoral degree on urban planning. From 2016 to 2017, he was a visiting doctoral student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Urban Studies and Planning, where he delved into the research of corresponding strategies for shrinking cities in the US. He has published several papers that related to the topic of shrinking cities on top planning journals in China. He has attended seminars on the issue of shrinking cities in various places, including University of Tokyo and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Part 1: The overall picture of shrinking cities in China Shrinking cities in China: the overall profile and paradox in planning Part 2: Looking into shrinking cities from regional perspective A multi-scaled analysis of the shrinking population in a region with out-migration: A case study of Hunan Province.- Urban shrinkage in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region and Yangtze River Delta: Pattern, trajectory and factors.- Research on spatial distribution and influencing factors of shrinking cities in Jilin Province.- Space-time Analysis and Factors Attribution of Urban Shrinkage in Northeast China.- Recognition, analysis and corresponding strategies for shrinking cities in Northeast China Part 3: Case study.- Shrinking cities' depopulation process and spatial pattern: A transnational comparison between Yichun, Heilongjiang, China and Youngstown Metropolitan Area, US.- Analysis on variation of quality of street space in shrinking cities based on dynamic street view pictures recognition: A case study of Qiqihar.- Measuring growth and shrinkage in a rapidly urbanized area: the case of Dongguan

Part 4: Appendix

Appendix 1 Freezing land

Appendix 2 Urban shrinkage in China: A look at three Northeast China cities

Appendix 3 While we are talking about urban expansion and economy growth, have you noticed the phenomenon of shrinking cities?

Appendix 4 Learning about Northeast China from the close-up view of Shiling Town