Understanding China's Urbanization: The Great Demographic, Spatial, Economic, and Social Transformation - Hardcover

Zhang, Li; LeGates, Richard; Zhao, Min

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783474734 ISBN 13: 9781783474738

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

China's urbanization is one of the great earth-changing phenomena of recent times. The way in which China continues to urbanize will have a critical impact on the world economy, global climate change, international relations and a host of other critical issues. Understanding and responding to China's urbanization is of paramount importance to everyone. This book represents a unique exploration of the demographic, spatial, economic and social aspects of China's urban transformation.

Based on years of fieldwork and data analysis from different types of cities and towns in every region of China, the authors present a detailed description of how China has urbanized since 1978 and an original theory about the way in which top-down and bottom-up policies have impacted urbanization. They describe China's on-going urbanization process as a 'double-dual' transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one and from a concern with the quantity to the quality of urbanization. In doing so, the authors provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on Chinese urbanization to date.

This scholarly study will appeal to academics and practitioners, including professors and postgraduate students of urban studies, planning, geography, Asian studies, and other social science disciplines and professional fields concerned with cities and urban development. Professionals involved in international development, particularly in China and elsewhere in Asia, will be particularly interested in the book.

About this title

About the Author

Li Zhang, Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, Richard LeGates, Emeritus Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, San Francisco State University, US and Min Zhao, Professor, Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1783474734
• ISBN 13: 9781783474738
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 432