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No.	Cover	Book Title	Editor or Writer	Press	Publishing Time	ISBN	Language	Introduction

6		Small Settlements in China. Heritage, Forms, and Counterstories	Anna-Paola Pola	ListLab	2024/12	978-8-8320-8074-2	English	This book is about small settlements in China and their built heritage. It examines the role they play in the current national development framework and the physical transformations that have occurred in the recent past. It analyses more than 30 villages listed for conservation, describing their historic urban patterns and architectural typologies and revealing their recent transformations. Using original maps and photographs, it unfolds the combined effect of the multiple policies that have shaped China's rural environment and fed the national narrative over the last twenty years.

7		Piccoli Paradisi. Un racconto di Valtur fra paesaggio e architettura (Small Paradises. A tale of Valtur between landscape and architecture)	Editor in Chief: Filippo De Dominicis, Benedetta Di Donato. Participatting author: Anna-Paola Pola	Anteferma Editore	2023/01	979-12-5953-035-6	Italian	This book tells the story of the construction of the Valtur 'holiday villages' built in Italy between the late 1960s and the 1970s. The analysis does not stop at the villages themselves, but extends the reflection to the set of cultural and productive circumstances that determined their construction, observing how they defined a new typology of 'holiday architecture' and the role they played in the evolution of the Italian architectural debate of those years.

8		Specialized Planning for Territorial Spaces	Editor in Chef: Zhang Li; Participating author: Shao Yong	Tongji University Press	2023/01	978-7-5765-0406-4	Chinese	This book includes 12 papers on land spatial planning, covering transportation, ecology, and heritage protection, as well as 5 specialized studies on urban design, big data, and village construction.

9		Principles of Spatial Planning	Editor-in-Chief: Wu Zhiqiang; Participating author: Shao Yong	Tongji University Press	2022/12	978-7-5765-0296-1	Chinese	This book systematically discusses land spatial planning through seven chapters, from theory to practice, showcasing intelligent diagnostic and forecasting technologies. Supported by a robust database, it provides a scientific foundation for understanding the patterns of land spatial development, using the latest case studies.

10		World Heritage in China Historical City	Editor-in-Chief: Du Xiaofan, Editor: Shao Yong and Zhou Jian	Orient Publishing Center	2021/08	978-7-5473-1839-3	Chinese	This book explores China's World Heritage cities, highlighting their history, spatial layout, culture, and conservation, emphasizing their value as living cultural heritage.