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1. Changing the Way Cities Grow

   Beijing Event Explores a More Ecological Form of Urbanization
   Revista Land Lines
   Diciembre 2020
   By Katharine Wroth, December 2, 2020

   What can humanity learn about urbanization from the veins in a leaf? This was one of the questions posed at a forum cosponsored by the Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development...

2. Global Urbanization

   Learning From China's Explosive Urban Growth
   Revista Land Lines
   Agosto 2019
   By Katharine Wroth, August 19, 2019

   Over the past four decades, more than 500 million people have moved from rural China to the nation’s cities, leading to rapid and often uncoordinated urbanization. A recent conference in...

3. Sponge Cities and Panda Habitat

   The Nature Conservancy's Foray into China
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2017
   By James N. Levitt and Emily Myron

   The Nature Conservancy China is partnering with the PKU-Lincoln Center on two major land-based green initiatives: Shenzhen's sponge city project will mitigate floods by absorbing rainfall with...

4. Virtual Valuation

   GIS-Assisted Mass Appraisal in Shenzhen
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2017
   By Tom Nunlist

   One of the few countries without a property tax, China has developed what many consider the world's most advanced valuation system. Marrying computer-assisted mass appraisal with GIS tools, the...

5. Message from the President

   The Future of the PKU–Lincoln Center
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2017
   By George W. McCarthy

   On October 14, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Peking University–Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, more affectionately known as the PKU–Lincoln Center, or...

6. City Tech

   China’s App-Based Bike-Share Market
   Revista Land Lines
   Febrero 2017
   By Rob Walker

   Chinese cities are leading the way in experimentation with advanced bike-share technology.

7. Hidden City

   Beijing’s Subterranean Housing Market
   Revista Land Lines
   Octubre 2014
   Annette M. Kim

   More than one million people are living in apartments underground in Beijing. These small, often windowless dwellings are, for many workers, the only affordable housing option near jobs in the city...

8. Illegal But Rational

   Why Small Property Rights Housing Is Big in China
   Revista Land Lines
   Julio 2015
   Li Sun and Zhi Liu

   Nearly one-quarter of residential units in Chinese cities are illicit, built and sold by village collectives on land that the state has not yet approved for urban use. The authors consider the legal...