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2012 , Vol. 1 >Issue 3: 280 - 286

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2012.05.003

RESEARCH ARTICLE

The development of residential space in the old town of Nanjing since 1978

  • Kun Liu ,
  • Jianguo Wang ,
  • Peng Tang
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  • School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Received date: 09 Mar 2012

Accepted date: 27 May 2012

Published date: 05 Sep 2012

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Abstract

Since the 1990s, with people’s living requirements getting more and more advanced, the speed of the residential commercialization gets higher and higher, which promotes the residential construction deeply. To some extent, the construction of residential area has accelerated the urbanization and impacted the progress of urban renewal. It has already happened in most Chinese major cities and is progressing right now. But it has not been shown clearly in existing researches how and how deeply it impacts the development of urban construction.

This article discussed how the development of urban residential space impacted the progress of urban renewal, based on the theoretic researches of urban renewal, taking the old town of Nanjing for example, and using the methods of quantitative evidence method and kernel density estimation.

Key words： Residential space; The old town of Nanjing; Urban renewal; Kernel density estimation

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Kun Liu , Jianguo Wang , Peng Tang . The development of residential space in the old town of Nanjing since 1978[J]. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 2012 , 1(3) : 280 -286 . DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.05.003

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