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Student Works: "Townization", a new Chinese urbanization paradigm from the GSD

Solarizing the town land. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Solarizing the building and energy efficiency. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Energy industry transformation. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Beijiazao new town mapping series. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Renovation and new construction. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. New grid network. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. New sewage system. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Connecting waterflow. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Strategies: townizing land. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Strategies: townizing population. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Site strategies: agriculture transformation. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Xiaoyi New Town mapping series. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Urbanization rate, rural-state sites justification. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. China urban network, with topography. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. China city network. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. China urban network (City + Town). Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. China Town-Network. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Potential population migration as the engine of continuous urbanization. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Proposed population divisions move to towns. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Existing population divisions. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. China administrative divisions. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Timeline of town development in China. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Timeline of rural development in China. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Timeline of city-based urbanization in China. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang. Presentation poster. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang.

Presentation poster. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang.

Presentation poster. Image credit and courtesy of Dingliang Yang.