In 2003, in the midst of China's rapid economic development and spiraling ecological devastation, the landscape architect and designer Kongjian Yu emerged, with the publication of The Road to Urban Landscape: A Dialogue with the Mayors, as a powerful broker for change in the domain of environmental planning. Since then, the text has been circulated widely among the nation's leadership, Yu's design rm, Turenscape, has ourished, and his core design concepts-from "negative planning" to "sponge cities"-have been codi ed at the highest levels of of cial design guidance. Letters to the Leaders of China excerpts and updates his 2003 classic and contains additional, previously unpublished letters to high-ranking of cials across the country, including President Xi Jinping. With contributions from geographers, urban historians, and critical theorists, in addition to a lengthy colloquy with artist Ai Weiwei, this book affrms Kongjian Yu's indispensability to a sustainable transformation of China's environmental and urban design legacy. "Kongjian Yu's work sets an example for the profession globally, prodding us all to create landscapes of beauty that work for people and for the planet." - Martha Schwartz, Founding Principal, MSP "I've sometimes thought of Kongjian Yu as the Olmsted of China owing to the remarkable scale of his work; having read this book, the title seems more apt than ever." - Michael Van Valkenburgh, Founding Principal, MVVA "Letters to the Leaders of China is a testament to Kongjian Yu's work but also an inspiring manifesto for contemporary urbanism, if not also for human survival more broadly." -James Corner, Field Operations "Nothing could be more welcome in this moment than the scope of environmental advice that Kongjian Yu has seen fit to extend to politicians of every stripe and caliber." - Kenneth B. Frampton Ware Professor of Architecture, Columbia University

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