A preliminary study on the development of new urban areas in Hanoi over the past ten years and their interactions with surrounding villages - a review from Van Quan new town
Abstract
The first generation of new urban areas in Hanoi began exactly 20 years ago with Linh Dam as a pilot project. So far, over 200 new urban areas on different scales have been constructed throughout the capital city (Labbé, 2016), especially since 2008 when Hanoi was strategically expanded. These projects help solve housing problems to a certain degree and have brought back a modern look to the cityscape. However, there are numerous challenges in both technical and social aspects of the current urbanisation and housing programme which may have an even more negative impact on the local socio-economic development in the coming years if they cannot be properly considered and dealt with. The academic paper focuses on some of the most topical issues, such as traffic congestion, air and water pollution, lack of social contact between townspeople and villagers, etc. noted from the recent development of new towns in Hanoi with a specific case study - Van Quan, where an interaction between a typical new urban area and four adjacent villages is particularly noticeable and therefore requires an initial-but-comprehensive investigation.
Keywords: New town, old village, spatial planning, housing development, transformation, social interaction, social sustainability.
Received: October 11th, 2017; revised: October 30th, 2017; accepted: November 2nd,2017
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