Abstract
Beijing City that is the capital of China has grown up to the megacity through a tremendous population increase and economic growth as a result of the mechanism of the market principle being introduced into the socialism socioeconomic system after the reform and open policy is introduced. And, the maintenance of the traffic system in addition to the maintenance of the sophisticated industry and the business centers advanced, and the residential house to meet housing needs of various citizens was developed in the process. Large-scale residential quarter development is done in a surrounding area and the suburban area besides an older urban area and the corporate ownership ground are renewed, and subsidized housing and a high-level commercial house are developed. In these developments, there is a case where related companies of a local government and a powerful enterprise are related. Moreover, in the vicinity of the boundary with the adjacent city, the high-level villa house prohibited in Beijing City is developed by the nationwide real estate enterprise.
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It depends on ‘50 years in Beijing’. The administrative area of Beijing in 1949 was narrower than that of the present, and the total populations were 2.09 million people.
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In Core Areas of the Capital Function are Dongcheng Ward, Xicheng Ward, Chongwen Ward and Xuanwu, and Extension Areas of Urban Functions are Chaoyang Ward, Fengtai Ward, Shijingshan Ward and Haidian Ward, New Areas for Urban Development are Fangshan Ward, Tongzhou Ward, Shunyi Ward, Changping Ward and Daxing Ward and Development Areas for Ecological Conservation are composed of Mentougou Ward, Huairou Ward, Pinggu Ward, Miyun Prefecture, and Yanqing Prefecture. Dongcheng Ward, Chongwen Ward were consolidated as new Dongcheng Ward and Xicheng Ward and Fengtai Ward were consolidated as new Xicheng Ward in 2010.
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The population of these ages of Development Areas for Ecological Conservation graphed as a missing value because the registrant population in 1983, 1982, 1979 had not been described in Miyun Prefecture.
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There is a difference in data about the index that shows the passing age transition used in this chapter like the population etc. by the statistical book used. ‘Beijing statistical yearbook 2009 and 2012’ had been used after ‘50 years in Beijing’ and 1978 about the residential floor space a person before 1978.
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There is a wind power generation accumulation zone from Hubei Province in Xinjiang Autonomous Region called Wind Power Generation Belt. It tries to produce the countries of the wind power generation device that relies on the import in China before.
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Beijing Municipal Office of the Fifth Population Census, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics (2002) Population census of Beijing 2000. China Statistics Press, Beijing
Beijing Municipal Office of the Fifth Population Census, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics (2012) Population census of Beijing 2010. China Statistics Press, Beijing
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Doi, H., Chai, Y. (2015). Urban Restructuring of Beijing City Through Residential Development After the Reform and Open Policy. In: Singh, R. (eds) Urban Development Challenges, Risks and Resilience in Asian Mega Cities. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55043-3_15
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