Waste urbanism: a questioning imaginary of urban metamorphosis
Baotou owes its existence to its raw material resource, and iron and rare earth industry. Because of cheap labor, low cost and lax vat the world rare earth political economy with more than 95% of production. Increasing demand of rare earth due to our modern culture and consumption has turned the 1...
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ndltd-HKU-oai-hub.hku.hk-10722-1924312015-07-29T04:02:15Z Waste urbanism: a questioning imaginary of urban metamorphosis Zhang, Yucong. 张愚聪. City planning - China - Baotou Shi. Baotou owes its existence to its raw material resource, and iron and rare earth industry. Because of cheap labor, low cost and lax vat the world rare earth political economy with more than 95% of production. Increasing demand of rare earth due to our modern culture and consumption has turned the 12km2 tailing pond as a 'toxic leftover of global capitalism'. My thesis is asking questions of how a city at the edge will survive in the future. In this case, it is an extreme scenario of resource depletion, environmental destruction, and large number of unemployment caused by modern consumerism. The thesis is a questioning imaginary of a waste urbanism, that intentionally propose a major transformation of urban metamorphosis by rethinking the economic and ecological value of industrial waste, especially with its complicated connection to globval network. By understanding the operational mechanisms of the city globally, the operational mechanisms of the city globally, nationally and locally, I intervene into the flows of material, migration, economy and politics at regional and local scale. This thesis is asking a question and exploring the alternative future of a resource-extract industry city like Baotou. Connect how a global modern culture reflects on a local landscape. And explore the extreme potential of economy as driving force of urbanization. published_or_final_version Architecture Master Master of Landscape Architecture 2013-11-03T04:24:51Z 2013-11-03T04:24:51Z 2013 2013 PG_Thesis 10.5353/th_b5070813 b5070813 http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192431 eng HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B50708132 |
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Baotou owes its existence to its raw material resource, and iron and rare earth industry.
Because of cheap labor, low cost and lax vat the world rare earth political economy with more than 95% of production. Increasing demand of rare earth due to our modern culture and consumption has turned the 12km2 tailing pond as a 'toxic leftover of global capitalism'.
My thesis is asking questions of how a city at the edge will survive in the future. In this case, it is an extreme scenario of resource depletion, environmental destruction, and large number of unemployment caused by modern consumerism.
The thesis is a questioning imaginary of a waste urbanism, that intentionally propose a major transformation of urban metamorphosis by rethinking the economic and ecological value of industrial waste, especially with its complicated connection to globval network. By understanding the operational mechanisms of the city globally, the operational mechanisms of the city globally, nationally and locally, I intervene into the flows of material, migration, economy and politics at regional and local scale.
This thesis is asking a question and exploring the alternative future of a resource-extract industry city like Baotou. Connect how a global modern culture reflects on a local landscape. And explore the extreme potential of economy as driving force of urbanization. === published_or_final_version === Architecture === Master === Master of Landscape Architecture |
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Zhang, Yucong. 张愚聪. |
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Zhang, Yucong. 张愚聪. |
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