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High Science and Low Technology for Sustainable Rural Development
Author(s) -
Wan Li,
Ng Edward
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2593
Subject(s) - dignity , china , architecture , sustainable development , economic growth , population , rural area , engineering , sociology , political science , geography , law , demography , economics , archaeology
Abstract Is it possible to mitigate the poor housing, poor safety and lack of dignity of the population in vast areas of rural China without adding to the environmental load? Co‐founders of the One University One Village initiative Li Wan and Edward Ng , of the School of Architecture at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, believe that it is, and describe their activities to this end in these regions.