Urban reuse creative production consumerism and heritage protection have formed an alliance
for the transformation of inner-city districts of Shanghai. This in-depth study based on the
author s intimate familiarity of the local scene and supplemented by her critical outsider s
insights describes the strategies players and processes of a uniquely Chinese model of urban
transformation. Concepts like Urban Loopholes Preservation via inhabitation and
Gentrification with Chinese characteristics characterize the specific mechanisms for urban
development in Shanghai. Urban Loopholes invites the reader to rethink the necessity of urban
resilience in the face of globalization s impact for change.
