上海浦东便是一个经典例子，说明了20世纪90年代末的“空”城建设项目是如何变成拥挤的城市中心地带的。 如今，浦东人口已经达到了550万。
Shanghai Pudong is the classic example of how an “empty” urban construction project in the late 1990’s quickly became a fully occupied urban center, with a population today of roughly 5.5 million.