ISBN:
9780203937808
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0203937805
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource ([1 v.])
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ill
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary China series 26
Parallel Title:
Print version China's Emerging Cities : The Making of New Urbanism
DDC:
307.760951
Keywords:
Urbanization China
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Cities and towns Growth
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China
;
City planning China
;
Sociology, Urban China
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Urban policy China
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
China
;
Stadtentwicklung
Abstract:
With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date material and covers key topics on Chinese urban development
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Preface; Part I: Cities as emerging institution; 1 Beyond gradualism: China's urban revolution and emerging cities; 2 Land property rights regimes in China: A comparative study of Suzhou and Dongguan; 3 Public-private partnership in the urban water sector in Shanghai; 4 The dialectics of urban planning in China; Part II: Transitioning economic and social spheres; 5 Hong Kong and Taiwan investment in Dongguan: Divergent trajectories and impacts
Description / Table of Contents:
6 Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: Challenges for China and India7 Ageing urban society: Discourse and policy; 8 Transition to homeownership: Implications for wealth redistribution; Part III: Rebuilding residential space; 9 Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing; 10 Neighborhood changes and residential differentiation in Shanghai; 11 Large urban redevelopment projects and sociospatial stratification in Shanghai; Part IV: Emerging leisure, retailing, and consumption practices; 12 Spaces of leisure: Gated golf communities in China
Description / Table of Contents:
13 A tale of two cities: Restructuring of retail capital and production of new consumption spaces in Beijing and Shanghai14 When local meets global: Residential differentiation, global connections and consumption in Shanghai; Index;
Description / Table of Contents:
Cities as emerging institution -- Beyond gradualism: China's urban revolution and emerging cities / Fulong Wu -- Land property rights regime in China: a comparative study of Suzhou and Dongguan / You-Ren Yang and Hung-Kai Wang -- Public-private partnership in the urban water sector of Shanghai / Seungho Lee -- The dialectics of urban planning in China / Daniel B. Abramson -- Transitioning economic and social spheres -- Hong kong and Taiwan investment in Dongguan: divergent trajectories and impacts / Chun Yang -- Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: challenges for China and India / Sunil Kumar and Bingqin Li -- Ageing urban society: discourse and policy / Ian G. Cook and Jason L. Powell -- Transition to homeownership: implications for wealth redistribution / Si-ming Li -- Rebuilding residential space -- Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing / Hyun Bang Shin -- Neighborhood changes and residential differentiation in Shanghai / Shenjing He and Fulong Wu -- Large urban redevelopment projects and socio-spatial stratification in Shanghai / Ying Ying Tian and Cecilia Wong -- Emerging leisure, retailing and consumption practices -- Spaces of leisure: gated golf communities in China / Guillaume Giroir -- A tale of two cities: restructuring of retail capital and production of new consumption spaces in Beijing and Shanghai / Shuguang Wang and Chongyi Guo -- When local meets global: residential differentiation, global connections and consumption in Shanghai / Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen
Note:
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2007
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