The CHaMSpaM network, headquartered at University College London, addresses learning from history to inform spatial masterplanning for large scale urbanisation.
The network addresses two related topics: the historical development of Chinese and European cities, and spatial masterplanning at scales ranging from the local place to the whole metropolitan area.
The lessons of history have much to bring to current design, planning and policy formation. There is also benefit in bridging between European and Asian history and experience of industrialisation and urban expansion. A central focus for this network is the way that urban spatial structure relates to social cultures.
Cultural heritage is an irreplaceable resource. What can we learn from the past to inform the future?
• To build an international research community around city history and multi-scale spatial masterplanning
• To support historical and cultural comparison and learning
• To develop new spatial masterplanning technologies
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