ISBN:
9780520289703
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9780520964273 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
277 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9780520964273
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
307.76095114
Keywords:
Verstädterung
;
Kreis Zouping
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Between 1988 and 2013, the Chinese city of Zouping transformed from an impoverished town of 30,000 people to a bustling city of over 300,000, complete with factories, high rises, parks, shopping malls, and all the infrastructure of a wealthy East Asian city. FromVillage toCity paints a vivid portrait of the rapid changes in Zouping and its environs and in the lives of the once-rural people who live there. Despite the benefits of modernization and an improved standard of living for many of its residents, Zouping is far from a utopia; its inhabitants face new challenges and problems such as alie...
Note:
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