Urban Loopholes 1st Edition

Urban reuse, creative production, consumerism and heritage protection have formed a productive alliance for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study, based on the author`s intimate familiarity of the local scene and supported by K. Christiaanse and M. Angèlil of ETH Zurich and the Singapore-ETH Centre, describes the strategies, players and processes of a specifically Chinese model of urban transformation.