Buttressed by the philosophy of Gross National Happiness (GNH), Bhutan’s development policies are inherently grounded in balancing material and spiritual well-being, while Bhutan’s capital city, Thimphu, has over the past few decades experienced phenomenal growth and urban transformation. This article builds on the notion of socio-spatial dialectic to examine the new forms of social ordering in the urban space of Thimphu. Critiquing the idealisation of Thimphu as a dream city for all, it endorses instead the development of regional growth centres and small towns. This underlines the potential of stimulating regional economic development, as a better strategy for inclusive growth and actualisation of Bhutan’s philosophy of GNH.

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不丹的梦想之城廷布

在国民幸福总值 (GNH) 哲学的支持下，不丹的发展政策本质上以平衡物质和精神福祉为基础，而不丹首都廷布在过去几十年中经历了惊人的增长和城市转型。本文以社会空间辩证法的概念为基础，研究廷布城市空间中新的社会秩序形式。它批评将廷布理想化为所有人的梦想城市，而是支持区域增长中心和小城镇的发展。这突显了刺激区域经济发展的潜力，是促进包容性增长和实现不丹 GNH 哲学的更好战略。