China - Shanghai sector memorandum (Vol. 1 of 2) : Volume 1

Report No. 4227-CHA SHANGHAI SECTOR MEMORANDUM December 15, 1982 VOLUME I Projects Department Urban and Water Supply Division East Asia and Pacific Regional Office   i Table of Contents Page List of Tables and Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Map of Shanghai . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Chapter 1. Shanghai's Growth and Development Issues .. . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 2. Water Supply, Wastes, and Environment . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 3. Transport and Telecommunications . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Chapter 4. Housing and the City Gas System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 This draft report is based on the findings of a Mission that visited Shanghai in April 1982 consisting of K.C. Sivaramakrishnan (Mission leader), A. Bruestle, G.K. Ingram, J. Chang and M. Webber (Consultant). A- draft prepared on tne basis of information given orally by ShanghaL officials was sent to the Shanghai municipal government in July. Tis--- revised report incorporates the comments and corrections received from__ Shanghai officials during a subsequent mission in October, 1982. However the views expressed here should not be regarded as representing the policies of the government of China or of Shanghai's municipal government.  I  ii List of Tables and Figures Table Page 1.1 Population of Shanghai's Urban Districts and Rural Counties. 2 2.1 Water Supply Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 13 2.2 Water Tariffs from Selected Cities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 2.3 Existing and Planned Sewage Treatment Plants. . . . . . . . . . . 18 2.4 Options for Improving Drinking Water and River Water Quality . * 22 3.1 Composition of the Motorized Fleet; Motor Vehicles per 1000 Persons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 3.2 Passenger Modal Choice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.3 Characteristics - 1981 Shanghai Transit System . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.4 Vehicle Cost, Operating Cost, and Capacity - Transit Buses . . . . 30 3.5 Current and Projected Use - Shanghai Transit System . . . . . . . 32 3.6 Tons of Freight Carried by Mode, 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3.7 Distribution of Freight Movements by Mode, 1981 . . . . . . . . . 35 3.8 Shanghai Telephone Capacity Compared with Other Cities . . . . . . 40 3.9 Shanghai Telephone-Exchanges ....... .. . .. .. .. .. . 41 4.1 Statistics by Type of Dwelling - Urban Area . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4.2 Gross Residential Densities - Selected Cities . . . . . . . . . . 47 4.3 Construction and Ownership of Housing - Urban Area . . . . . . . . 49 4.4 Household Mobility in Shanghai Urban Area . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Figure 3e1 Shanghai's Traffic Restriction Boundaries . . . . 38  I  a ~~~~~SHANGHAiPRVXc .~~~~~~~~~~~