Solid Waste Governance and Institutions in Shenzhen A Comparative Case Study Amsterdam, August 2017 Author: Bianca de Bats | 11131012 Email:
[email protected] Professors: Marco Bontje & Chingwen Yang Second reader: Bas Hissink-Müller Shenzhen Thesis Group | University of Amsterdam Master’s Programme in Urban and Regional Planning 0 Solid Waste Governance and Institutions in Shenzhen A Comparative Case Study ‘’Imagine living in a maze of a neighborhood where buildings ten stories tall crowd so closely together that their residents dwell in perpetual shade. Your apartment window, set with steel bars, is little more than a meter away from the building next door if it weren’t for the frosted glass, you’d be able to see directly into the room across the alley. Going outside and looking up, you’d glimpse the tall buildings in another community in the sky only through the narrow strips between the buildings. This is the life in the urban village. But despite all that, urban villages are not the depressing slums they might resemble. In narrow lanes paved with concrete, children play. Square mahjong tables are a common sight in ground-floor living rooms that open onto the street. The urban village is a flourishing lively community, but it rests on an unstable foundation.‘’ - Baily Hu, 2008. Journalist for the critical Chinese magazine That’s and other built environment journals. 1 Solid Waste Governance and Institutions in Shenzhen A Comparative Case Study Colophon Master Thesis Graduate Degree Urban and Regional Planning Title: Solid Waste Governance and Institutions in Shenzhen: A Comparative Case Study Student Bianca de Bats Student ID: 11131012
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