Sanxian: Re-/un-thinking Chinese urban hierarchy with a medium-sized city
(2020)
Book Chapter
Jin, Y., & Zhao, Y. (2020). Sanxian: Re-/un-thinking Chinese urban hierarchy with a medium-sized city. . Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003126768-3
Dr Yimin Zhao's Outputs (4)
Folding Beijing in Houchangcun Road, or, the topology of power density (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y. (2020). Folding Beijing in Houchangcun Road, or, the topology of power density. Urban Geography, 41(10), 1247-1259. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2020.1850046This paper engages with discussions on geographies of urban density by investigating the enduring power relations that underlie the (de-)forming of urban densities in Beijing. Articulating a topological framework with the infrastructural lives of soc... Read More about Folding Beijing in Houchangcun Road, or, the topology of power density.
Jiehebu or suburb? Towards a translational turn in urban studies (2020)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y. (2020). Jiehebu or suburb? Towards a translational turn in urban studies. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 13(3), 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsaa032Engaging with reflections on improper urban vocabularies, this article proposes a trans-lational turn to foreground dialogues-rather than equivalences-between languages. Drawing on the philosophies of language and hermeneutics, I adopt 'the fusion of... Read More about Jiehebu or suburb? Towards a translational turn in urban studies.
Whither progressive urban futures? Critical reflections on the politics of temporality in Asia (2020)
Journal Article
Shin, H. B., Zhao, Y., & Koh, S. Y. (2020). Whither progressive urban futures? Critical reflections on the politics of temporality in Asia. City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action, 24(1-2), 244-254. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2020.1739925Compressed development experiences, especially in Asia, have translated into expectations for ‘fast cities’ where time and space are compressed to materialise ‘real’ Asia experiences. However, what does ‘fast urbanism’ mean for those who see Asian ci... Read More about Whither progressive urban futures? Critical reflections on the politics of temporality in Asia.