URBAN HOUSING SHANGHAI CHINA ANFU LU WULUMUQI LU DESIGN PROPOSAL
AHMED-NAJI MAHJOUB | ROBERT HARKIN | DUNCAN HENDERSON | EHSAN ABAS-GHAVIMI | EWAN COWIE | FAIZ HANAFI | FINLAY CONNER | LAURA JEAN CHRISTIE | ROB MCCAUGHAN | RUO PING | RORY THOR DICKENS | ZISAN DZISAN DUNIYA
CHINA WORDPRESS
FLOATING - POPULATION CONCERNS, TB
‘SOCIAL PROBLEMS’
February 25, 2012
TAKING CARE OF MUM AND DAD IN CHINA by WILLIAM FOREMAN
“Shanghai’s population is mind-blowingly huge: 23 million people.”
“The population in China is aging very, very rapidly,”
“It is becoming a major public policy concern.” “Traditionally in China, elderly people relied on their families to take care of
“An additional 9 million are what’s called the “floating
population.” They’re the migrant workers and their dependents who drift in and out of the city, working in factories,
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on construction sites and in the service industry.
them. “The state would only step in if individuals didn’t have the support of the family,”
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“In 1945, life expectancy was like 45 at birth in China,” Liang said. “Nowadays, it’s like 73 and 74, so people are living longer and you have fewer family to look after you.” http://publichealthinchina.wordpress.com/2012/02/25/taking-care-of-mom-and-dad-in-china/
http://publichealthinchina.wordpress.com/tag/shanghai/
CHINADAILY
THE OLD IN CHINA HAVE NO PLACE TO LIVE
SHANGHAI ISSUES REPORT ON MIGRANT POPULATION
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The nursing home, named Evergreen, said Meng’s mother is not the only one waiting for a place in the home as about 2,700 people
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are already on its waiting list since 2008, China Daily reported.
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By the end of 2012, the migrant population in Shanghai exceeded 9.6 million, accounting for 40 percent of the total population, and more than 70 percent of them were migrant workers, who were over 16 years old and
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qualified to work.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/society.html
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/201307/02/content_16710313.htm
Concept Design
Social Housing
Low-rise
Mid-rise
Park
Metro Community School Urban pattern/Latteral PatternHeirtage French streets Grid like structure/network Public space/green space
Housing
Taichi
Diabolo （扯铃）
TAICHI
DIABOLO
Taiji Rouliqiu
TAIJI ROULIQIU STREET PERFORMANCE
Jianzi -‐ Chinese Hacky Sack
JIANZI - CHINESE HACKY SACK
HARD LANDSCAPE GREEN SPACE
Ball Room Dancing
BALL ROOM DANCING
SHOPPING COMPLEX ELDERLY CARE HOME MANAGEMENT OFFICE GYMNASIUM RESTAURANTS / CAFE
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