Transforming Chinese cities / edited by Mark Y. Wang, Pookong Kee, and Jia Gao.
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TextSeries: Routledge contemporary China series: 116.Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014Description: xxv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415636650 (hardback); 0415636655 (hardback)Subject(s): Urbanization -- China -- History | Urbanization -- Government policy -- China -- History | City planning -- China -- History | Social change -- China -- History | China -- Social conditions -- 1976-2000 | China -- Social conditions -- 2000- | China -- Environmental conditions | China -- Economic conditionsScope and content: "The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China's reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China's continuing urban transformation. Subjects covered include the decline of the rural-urban divide, the spatial restructuring of Chinese urban centres and urban infrastructure, migrant workers, new housing and new communities, and 'green' responses to urban environmental problems. The book is particularly valuable in that it includes much new work by scholars based inside China"-- Provided by publisher.
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Gratia Christian College Library Book Shelves | Print book | HT384.C6 T7 2014 (Browse shelf) | Available | 7003537P |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China's reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China's continuing urban transformation. Subjects covered include the decline of the rural-urban divide, the spatial restructuring of Chinese urban centres and urban infrastructure, migrant workers, new housing and new communities, and 'green' responses to urban environmental problems. The book is particularly valuable in that it includes much new work by scholars based inside China"-- Provided by publisher.