ISBN:
9781784715090
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 287 Seiten)
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Diagramme, Karten
DDC:
307.7/6/0951
Keywords:
Cities and towns Growth
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Urbanization
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Urbanization ; China
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Cities and towns ; China ; Growth
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
The achievements of China's urbanization should not be evaluated solely in terms of adequate infrastructures, but also in their ability to implement sound governance practices to ensure social, environmental and economic development. This book addresses several key challenges faced by Chinese cities, based on the most recent policies and experiments adopted by central and local governments. The contributors offer an interdisciplinary analysis of the urbanization process in China, and examine the following key topics: the institutional foundations of Chinese cities, the legal status of the lan
Abstract:
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- PART I The institutional foundations of urbanization in China -- 2. The city creation process in China -- 3. Central-local relations in Chinese urbanization: the case of Chongqing -- 4. Public ownership of land and urbanization in China -- 5. China's hukou reform and new urbanization blueprint -- 6. Snail without a shell: migrant workers' difficult path towards urban housing -- PART II Environmental and social infrastructures in urban areas
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7. The 'eco' and 'low-carbon' promise:a critical review of China's experience -- 8. Choices between development and environmental preservation in Huangshan City -- 9. Social security reform and its impact on urbanization: the case of Shanghai -- 10. Implementation of new social housing programmes: the case of Shanghai and Chongqing -- PART III Heritage preservation, traditions and modern lifestyles in Chinese cities -- 11. Historic urban landscapes in Shanghai: the challenging path from recognition to innovation and appropriation within an accelerated socio-economic ontext
Abstract:
12. The challenge of brownfield rehabilitation: a case study of Dadukou District, Chongqing -- 13. The formation of governmental community and the closure of housing classes -- PART IV Regional and international competitiveness of Chinese mega-cities -- 14. Fiscal constraints and their impact on financing urbanization: the case of Kunming -- 15. The evolutionary process of Shanghai's rise to a global city: dynamic dialectics of localization and globalization -- Bibliography -- Index
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