Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998.
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| author | Shen, Feng, 1972- |
| author2 | Fred Moavenzadeh. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/462552020-07-14T21:43:22Z Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China Shen, Feng, 1972- Fred Moavenzadeh. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 92-96). As the largest city of China and one of the world's 10 largest cities, Shanghai has experienced rapid economic growth in the recent years. But at the same time this rapid economic growth is placing a major burden on the city's infrastructure and local environment. The purpose of this thesis is to developing an understanding of the current infrastructure situation in Shanghai, its potential development in future and its impacts on the environment. First, the thesis will describe a general picture of Shanghai including geological location, economics and its relation to the country and population growth. Then the thesis will review the current environment and infrastructure problem faced by the city. As air pollution, energy shortage, transportation congestion and poor water quality are the major three hindrances to the sustainable development of Shanghai, these will be the major concerns of this thesis. The conflict between the continually increasing demand for infrastructure facilities with the environmental and financial constraints is not a problem unique in Shanghai. Some specific comparison with other mage-cities will be made to develop a better understanding the related issues and the possible strategies to improve the environment and infrastructure performance in the city will be analyzed. Since the financing is also an important issue related to integrate infrastructure development, finally, this thesis will analyze the current infrastructure investment structure and discuss the potentially new approach for the funding of the infrastructure in Shanghai. by Feng Shen. S.M. 2009-06-30T18:29:21Z 2009-06-30T18:29:21Z 1998 1998 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46255 42364089 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 96 leaves application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Civil and Environmental Engineering Shen, Feng, 1972- Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China |
| title | Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China |
| title_full | Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China |
| title_fullStr | Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China |
| title_short | Environment and infrastructure development in mega-cities : the case of Shanghai, China |
| title_sort | environment and infrastructure development in mega cities the case of shanghai china |
| topic | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46255 |
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