Report- Architecture & Urbanism in Asia

Palkar Mayuri
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V-year, IX- sem

Tianjin- China
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Introduction
A municipality and coastal metropolis in Northern China, Tianjin is located by the
Bohai Sea. One of the nine national core cities in mainland China, it had 13,866,009
people living there as of the Chinese census of 2020. In 1404, Tianjin City, which was
initially founded as a lower-tier city for military protection in order to preserve
Beijing, was first established as a military guard city. A number of municipal
modernization initiatives had been implemented, including the constant
repositioning of the urban core, rapid population increase, intense block division, and
outer extension of the downtown region.

Fig above shows- Expansion of urban area. Urban built-up area of Tianjin expanded
slowly from 1404 to 1840. After the Opium war, urban built-up area had expanded
rapidly

Fig beside shows- Urban

Population of Tianjin
1840—1945.From 1840 to 1900, the
total urban population of Tianjin
only increased by more than
10000 people in slow growth. By
comparison, it increased by more
than 1.2 million people from 1900
to 1945.
Economic Profile
The GDP of Tianjin increased from 2016 to 2020. Above the average GDP of the "new
first-tier cities," which is around RMB 1,408.373 billion, Tianjin's GDP was placed
eleventh in the nation in 2020. In spite of COVID-19's effects in 2020, the city's
secondary industries grew for seven straight months.

City Layout
Approximately seven miles to the east and west, and nine miles to the north and
south, make up Tianjin's metropolitan core. On the west bank of the Hai River,
immediately below the river's significant bend, is Heping, the city's administrative
centre. It serves as the principal financial and commercial hub.
There are 11 million people living in the metropolis at the moment, and more are
expected. As more people move to Chinese cities, urbanisation is spreading farther
and resources are under more stress.

Challenges to Urbanisation
However, Tianjin has no plans to halt urbanisation since it regards it as a necessary
step toward boosting economic growth and eradicating poverty. In fact, large-scale
eco-cities on the outskirts of important urban areas are a focus of Chinese projects
that try to address the problems urban migration. These initiatives make a
commitment to environmental awareness by relying on non-traditional water
sources and renewable energy sources, which relieve the strain on the planet's
natural resources.

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