City profile: Shanghai

While striving to become the new economic power house of China and the East Asian region, Shanghai is undergoing a profound restructuring of its infrastructure and, more importantly, its physical form and appearance. Urban revival will in part rely on the successful redevelopment of the old central city where dilapidated housing and fragmented industrial use are no longer tolerable. Shanghai's revival also is dependent on the effective development of the Pudong New Area and several other new urban districts, which will facilitate the growth of industrial activities and the expansion of the tertiary sector.