Nov 9, 2023
News | Beijing Forum (2023) The sub-forum on "Green, Low-Carbon Transportatio...
This article is reprinted from Peking University News Network.From November 3 to 4, 2023, the Beijing Forum (2023) "Green, Low-Carbon Transportation and High-Quality Urban Development" sub-forum was held at the School of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University. This sub-forum was jointly organized by the School of Urban and Environmental Sciences at Peking University, the Carbon Neutrality ...
Nov 8, 2023
New Book Recommendation | Urban Fiscal Development Report (2022): Sustainable...
"Urban Finance Development Report (2022): Sustainable Development"He Yang, Huang Zhiji, Liu Wei, Yan Yan (chief editors).Economic Science Press, 2023IntroductionThis book focuses on prefecture-level cities and analyzes the financial status of cities. Urbanization has become an important economic phenomenon in China since the reform and opening up, but there is no clear hierarchy of "urban finance" ...
Nov 7, 2023
Lecture | Chips war? Global production networks and geopolitics
Chips war? Global production networks and geopolitics in the post-pandemic US and East AsiaReporter：Henry Wai-chung YEUNGDepartment of Geography and GPN@NUS Centre, National University of Singapore,ChinaDate: November 17, 2023 (Friday)Time: 15:30-17:00Location: School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking UniversitySummary of the report contentBased on the lead-authored chapter on semiconductors ...
Nov 6, 2023
New Book Recommendation | Research on Domestic and International Housing Mark...
Research on Domestic and International Housing Market ExperiencesCompiled by Zhao Lixia, Liu Zhi, and [USA] Bertrand RenaudPeking University Press, 2023IntroductionIn recent times, the rapid expansion of China's housing market has posed challenges for policymakers, planners, businesspeople, and residents. Today, housing for China's middle-income class is driven by consumer choice, and the housing policy ...
Oct 17, 2023
Recommendation | Liu Zhi: A brief discussion on urban public infrastructure a...
Introduction01Over the past thirty years, Chinese cities have invested heavily in building public infrastructure. As the stock grows, the city government's annual investment in operation and maintenance continues to rise, and is expected to exceed the annual funding for new infrastructure in the near future. This creates an urgent need for Urban Public Infrastructure Asset Management (IAM) to maintain ...