China needs a new model of urbanisation to match the shift to a new model of growth. For decades, both urbanisation and growth have been based on robust export demand, cheap labour, cheap land and artificially low pricing of environmental externalities. None of these can support growth or urban...

Part 1 New Wars: Conflicts Between People and Place -- Urbanization and New-type Urbanization -- Urban Cultural Landscape -- Locality, Place Identity, and Sustainability -- Part 2 New Strategies: Locality Preservation and Development in Urbanization Processes -- Strategies to Preserve Locality...

Introduction -- Smart City Trends and Developments -- EU-China Policy Framework -- Assessment Framework for Pilot Cities -- Synopsis of EU-China Pilot Smart Cities -- Analysis of EU and China Pilot Cities -- Emerging Trends and Open Challenges -- Recommendations -- Next Steps.