The Good Life: Criticism and Construction of Urban Meaning

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30“” “” “”“ ” :   The city‐life relationship constitutes the basic problem field of studies of urban meaning, while making life better is a core value field for critiquing and constructing such a meaning. Technically and tactically, China's thirty years of reform and opening up practice have seen a string of successful models and experiences relating to “How should we develop cities?” Yet problems arising in the course of urbanization and the deteriorating quality of urban life require us to reflect upon and respond actively to the tricky question of meaning, a global issue: “Why develop cities?” In inquiring into urban meaning in the name of life, this study offers an academic approach and hope for the future through a critique of “devitalized” urban space and advocacy of a new form of urban civilization that will regulate and guide transformation in urban space under the principle of “the good life.”View full textDownload full textKeywordsurban meaning, urban space, good lifeRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02529203.2010.524382