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Luodian, Shanghai

Coordinates: 31°24′14″N 121°20′42″E / 31.404°N 121.345°E / 31.404; 121.345
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Luodian (Chinese: 罗店; pinyin: Luódiàn) is a town in Baoshan District about 25 kilometres (16 mi) from central Shanghai, China. Luodian Old Town dates back to the Yuan Dynasty. Modern developments include Luodian Industrial Zone,[1] and Luodian New Town, also known as North European New Town, which is a new town with a Nordic architectural theme. Luodian is a replica of Sigtuna.

Luodian has an area of 44 square kilometres and had a registered population of 49,700 in 2008.[2] It is served by Shanghai Metro Line 7, whose northern extension to Luodian's Meilan Lake Station opened in 2010.[3]

Luodian New Town is a product of the One City, Nine Towns initiative, which was introduced in 2001 and which was the flagship urban design program for China's Tenth Five-Year Plan (covering 2001–2005).[4]: 133, 138  Each of the suburban districts of Shanghai was assigned a new town, each with its own theme. Luodian received a new town with a Swedish theme. Other Western themes used to date are English, Italian, Spanish, Canadian, Dutch and German.[5] Swedish architects Sweco produced the design for the new town, whose planned total area is 6.8 square kilometres.[6] Its central area, completed in 2004, was built with an artificial lake, Meilan Lake, inspired by Sweden's Lake Mälaren.[7] As of 2010 the town was still incomplete.[6]

The new town's Lake Malaren Golf Club hosts the BMW Masters, a golf tournament which in 2012 became an event on the PGA European Tour.[8] The tournament took place for the first time in 2011, when it was called the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters.[9]

Luodian Industrial Zone has an area of 2.7 square kilometres.[2] It is a subzone of Shanghai Baoshan Industrial Zone, which is an Economic and Technological Development Zone.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Introduction to Luodian Town". Luodian government website. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Luodian Town". Encyclopedia of Shanghai. Shanghai Municipal Government. Archived from the original on 6 August 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2012.
  3. ^ "New transport". Shanghai Daily. Shanghai Daily Publishing House. 28 December 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  4. ^ Lin, Zhongjie (2025). Constructing Utopias: China's New Town Movement in the 21st Century. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-779330-5.
  5. ^ den Hartog (2010a), pp. 34–36
  6. ^ a b den Hartog (2010b), p. 138
  7. ^ den Hartog (2010b), p. 144
  8. ^ "The European Tour, CGA and BMW unveil BMW Masters". European Tour news. PGA European Tour. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Shanghai golf tournament goes professional and international". China Daily. China Daily Information Co. 24 October 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  10. ^ "Shanghai Baoshan Industrial Zone". rightsite.asia. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2012.

References

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  • den Hartog, Harry (2010a). "Urbanisation of the Countryside". In den Hartog, Harry (ed.). Shanghai New Towns: Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. pp. 7–42. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9.
  • den Hartog, Harry (2010b). "Luodian New Town (Baoshan District)". In den Hartog, Harry (ed.). Shanghai New Towns: Searching for community and identity in a sprawling metropolis. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers. pp. 138–146. ISBN 978-90-6450-735-9.
  • Ranhagen, Ulf (2014). Five new towns in Shanghai. Present situation and future perspectives. State of the art 2013/2014. Luodian Town is analyzed on p 9-24. KTH Dept for Urban and Regional Studies. Studio CAL. ISBN 978-91-7595-068-6
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31°24′14″N 121°20′42″E / 31.404°N 121.345°E / 31.404; 121.345


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