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This book is an unusual attempt to study urban regeneration. First, it is based on mapping the realities of urban regeneration case study examples and their impacts on people, places, and city life experiences. Second, it is context-specific, exploring only a particular region rather than covering one country or multiple locations. Hence, the aim is to avoid generic and global solutions but rather focus on local pathways and directions. Third, it delves into specific case study examples that could share some lessons for research, practice, and academia, particularly in the field of urban regeneration. This book is the first of (hopefully) many more on the way in urban mapping studies with various themes and focus areas. The ultimate goal is to ensure urban mapping is recognized well and practiced extensively in research and education. It is essential to map realities in cities and communities, those that we usually witness but should be experienced, perceived, and touchednot just via desk research. Mapping techniques are more than just common tools in urbanism, urban geography, urban studies, urban planning, etc. They are not just tools but inventive ways of understanding cities, places, communities, experiences, and people. Thus, in this book, we try to understand more about people and places through life experiences and mapping the urban regeneration projects of multiple cities in Yunnan Province. This collection is based on a very concise context-specific research focused on only one region. The decision to do so is intentional, just because contextual, cultural, and local attributes need to be looked at more accurately, considerably, and dexterously. Hence, this collection delves into case study examples of an inspiring location where traditions remain, resources are plenteous, and cultures are diverse. Yunnan is one of the few provinces left in China that offers a lot for comprehensive research studies at the urban, rural, and township levels. The experiences we gained from mapping studies, observations, and multi-stakeholder engagements are exceptionally rich and vibrant, allowing us to think more holistically and find ways and suggestions beyond just the generic globalized models elsewhere. We hope the book will be useful to various stakeholders, particularly urban specialists, researchers, and students. It is also a valuable collection for policymakers, decision-makers, and governmental authorities, who should refrain from top-down processes and bring back people to the heart of urban regeneration processes

Green Infrastructure and Urban Sustainability: The evolution of best practices in China -- Policy Intervention on Green Infrastructure in Chinese Cities -- Urban Forest Planning and Policy in China -- Analysis of Policy and Regulatory Landscapes for Green Roof Implementation in China -- Examine the Green Infrastructure Policy Intervention Under the Case of Sponge City Program.

Chapter 1: Introduction to ICT and Smart technologies in Cities -- Chapter 2: The role of ICT and Smartness for Peace-building Processes (with Narrative of 8 positive peace pillars/dimensions) -- Chapter 3: ICT for well-functioning government in cities -- Chapter 4: ICT for equitable distribution of resources in cities -- Chapter 5: ICT for free flow of information in cities -- Chapter 6: ICT for good relations with neighbours in cities -- Chapter 7: ICT and high levels of human capitals in cities -- Chapter 8: ICT and acceptance of the rights of others in cities -- Chapter 9: ICT and low levels of corruption in cities -- Chapter 10: ICT and sound business environment in cities -- Chapter 11: Learning from practices and the use of ICT for positive peace -- Chapter 12: Augmented Plans: Future Directions and Potential Pathways. .

This book is the first attempt to explore the use and application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and related smart technologies in cities and for the sole purpose of reaching positive peace. The everyday usage of digital technologies in cities encourages us to study the benefits, co-benefits, disadvantages, and threats of ICT application in cities and urban environments. The continuous growth of digital technologies and their growing demand in everyday urban practices and systems are already known to scholars, practitioners, and policy-makers. However, this book explores whether or not such applications and usage help us reaching positive peace. This approach is novel in the field of urban studies, allowing us to identify and highlight best practices, successes, and failures of ICT application to meet positive peace pillars. The scope of the book highlights our focus on positive peace and its eight pillars, mainly how they are meant to be achieved in cities and urban areas. With an analytical view on the topic, we aim to reflect on the systematic features of urban systems, using positive peace pillars as the primary targets. We believe ICT application and usage in cities could be more directive and beneficial to reach peace and prosperity to achieve such a goal. Therefore, this book provides a holistic guideline and coverage of ICT use for positive peace pathways and peace-building practices. We hope the findings of the book help researchers and policy-makers to come up with novel and integrated strategies, ensuring that our everyday usage of digital technologies, ICT, and smart tools, are more meaningful and people-oriented.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- About This Book -- Prologue -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1 Urban Health During the Pandemic: Why Does It Matter? -- 1.1 A General Overview of Urban Health in the Day the World Stopped -- 1.2 A Brief Discussion About "Urban Health Equity" -- 1.3 Urban Health and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- References -- 2 Signifying the Correlation Between Urban Health, Sustainability, and Positive Peace -- 2.1 The Significance of Inequalities and Facing the Pandemic -- 2.1.1 Beyond the Three Primary P's: Planning, Policies, and People -- 2.2 Introduction to Positive Peace for Healthy Cities -- 2.2.1 Positive Peace Pillars or Domains -- 2.2.2 Positive Peace Dimensions and Sustainability -- 2.3 Introduction to Sustainability Dimensions for Healthy Cities -- 2.4 A Summary: Correlation Between Health, Sustainability, and Peace (HSP) -- References -- Sustainability and Peace: "Urban Health from the Physical Dimension" -- 3 The Role of Urban Density and Land Use Planning in Keeping the Cities Healthy -- 3.1 A General Overview of Urban Density and Land Use Planning -- 3.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted During the Pandemic -- 3.3 Addressing the Flaws -- 3.4 A Summary -- References -- 4 Resilient Urban Form: There is No Myth in Enhancing Resilience Through Urban Morphologies -- 4.1 A General Overview of Resilient Urban Form and Morphologies -- 4.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted During the Pandemic -- 4.3 Addressing the Flaws -- 4.4 A Summary -- References -- 5 Critical Infrastructures and Safeguarding the City's Sustainability and Peace -- 5.1 A General Overview of Critical Infrastructures in Cities -- 5.2 Reflecting on How Cities Reacted During the Pandemic -- 5.3 Addressing the Flaws -- 5.4 A Summary -- References -- Sustainability and Peace: "Urban Health from the Environmental Dimension".

Urban Memory: Cognition, Signs, Symbols, Identity, and Beyond -- Memory and Cities: Discovering Transitions through Urban Maps -- The Significance of Place in Mind: Comprehending Memory through Urban Places -- Urban Memory, Experiences, and Palimpsests: The Continuity and Discontinuity of Places -- Capturing the Realities of Experience -- Reproducing the Perception of Place -- Remembering through Naming and Palimpsests -- Recording Urban Memory in City Transitions.

Introduction to Notion of Identity -- Identity and the City -- Urban Identity, Human and Environment -- Place, Temporary and Temporality -- Reflecting on Urban Identities -- Identity of Cities and City of Identities: Examples -- Urban Identity Matters.

Chapter 1: Sustainable Futures and Green New Deals: Overview and Policy Directions -- Chapter 2: Theoretical Perspectives on Sustainable Futures -- Chapter 3: International Perspectives on Green New Deals -- Chapter 4: Technological Innovation and Sustainable Transitions -- Chapter 5: Social Movements and Grassroots Mobilization for Sustainable Futures -- Chapter 6: The Politics of Green New Deals -- Chapter 7: The Green New Deal as a pathway for climate and social justice.

China's sustainable development status and carbon neutrality plan -- The significance of a long-term plan: Reflecting on the position of China's City Clusters -- Case study Chapters of City Clusters -- China's City Clusters and Carbon Neutrality Plan: Conclusions and Future Directions.

The scope of this book is to map China's city clusters and their individual directions for the national-level strategies in line with the 2060 carbon neutrality plan. Since China announced the carbon neutrality plan in autumn 2020, no study has looked at the role of city clusters in achieving this long-term plan. Hence, this study is believed to be the first attempt to explore this important topic from the city cluster perspective. It explores the challenges, opportunities, and directions of all 19 city clusters, allowing readers to have a clear picture of China's historical and ongoing progress, as well as the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. In a short time, China's city clusters have helped boost regional economic development, infrastructure development, trade and business, and better urban-rural integration. With enhanced coordination of connection and transport networks in and between the city clusters, we see a growing number of initiatives beyond just the initial economic strategies. The dual approach of top-down policies and infrastructure systems and bottom-up governance and investments has helped China consider urban-rural development strategies and regional sustainable development. These factors are essential to be explored from the city cluster perspective and in line with China's sustainable development and carbon neutrality directions. Hence, the book covers these points holistically, ensuring that regional planning and development are favored in the face of uneven urbanization trends. We anticipate this book to be a valuable resource for local governments and authorities, urban planners and practitioners, developers, and urban researchers. While the focus is on China's city clusters, we believe there are similar examples elsewhere. Hence, lessons learnt from this book could apply to other countries, regions, and subregions. Lastly, the book aims to put regional sustainable development at the heart of longer-term strategies and plans, such as the case of China's carbon neutrality plan.

Current Progress on Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Development -- Innovations and Transitions: Urban Factors and Low Carbon Strategies -- Overview of China's Low Carbon Progress: Past, Present, and Future -- Low carbon Transitions in Practice: Low Carbon Development in China -- Lessons and Paradigms to Meet the 2030 Targets and the 2060 Plan -- Key Suggestions and Steps Ahead.