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Urban Transformation in China Gordon G. Liu

Urban Transformation in China By Gordon G. Liu

Urban Transformation in China by Gordon G. Liu

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The urbanization of China has become an urgent task for the economy and a development priority for the Chinese administration, especially following the country's adhesion to the World Trade Organization. These papers explore the process of urbanization in great detail.

Urban Transformation in China Summary

Urban Transformation in China by Gordon G. Liu

This book provides a general description and evaluation of the process of urbanization in China and the urgent challenges facing the Chinese government. Urban Transformation in China examines the changing pattern of China's urban population and the determinants of these changes, including an analysis of the spatial structures of China's cities and industry and an assessment of urban productivity growth and the role of mega cities in national development. The book's coverage encompasses both academic and policy perspectives. With its sister volume Urbanization and Social Welfare in China it provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the countrys urbanization process.

Urban Transformation in China Reviews

'There are interesting data and analysis and for the first time readers are exposed to China's urban transformation.' Built Environment '...essential reading for students of the development of Chinese society in its period of rapid industrialization and urbanization.' Asia-Pacific Business Review '...many developments anticipated in the papers of this book have become reality rather sooner than expected...Urban Transformation in China helps to understand the development of urbanization in China and its major consequences for the social and spatial structure of Mainland China today.' ASIEN - The German Journal on Contemporary Asia

About Gordon G. Liu

Aimin Chen, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA, Gordon G. Liu, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA and Kevin H. Zhang, Illinois State University, USA D. Gale Johnson, Aimin Chen, Gordon G. Liu, Kevin H. Zhang, Yi Feng, Siddharth Swaminathan, Qi Hong Dong, Aimin Chen, N. Edward Coulson, Jeff Kejing Xie, Daniel Goodkind, Loraine A. West, , Fei-Ling Wang, Shunfeng Song, Mei Wen, Xiaobo Zhang, Shuanglin Lin, Zuohong Pan, Fan Zhang, Zhigang Tao, Y.C. Richard Wong, Hanchao Lu.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface, D. Gale Johnson; Introduction, Aimin Chen, Gordon G. Liu and Kevin H. Zhang. Characteristics of China's Urbanization: Can agricultural labor adjustment occur primarily through creation of rural nonfarm jobs in China?, D. Gale Johnson; The evolution of China's urban transformation since 1949, Kevin H. Zhang; Political capacity and demographic change: a study of China with a comparison to India, Yi Feng and Siddharth Swaminathan; Structure and strategy for in situ rural urbanization, Qi Hong Dong. Changing Urban Population: Determinants of urban migration, Aimin Chen and N. Edward Coulson; Urban population in the reform era, Jeff Kejing Xie and Kevin Honglin Zhang; Floating population: definitions, data, and recent findings, Daniel Goodkind and Loraine A. West; Hukou systems and migration controls, Fei-Ling Wang. Urban Spatial Structures: Spatial dynamics of city-size distribution, Shunfeng Song and Kevin H. Zhang; Spatial distribution of industries and cities: Coordination between industrial and urban development, Mei Wen; How do industrialization and urbanization affect land use?, Xiaobo Zhang. Urban Growth and Productivity: Urban economic growth, Shuanglin Lin and Shunfeng Song; Agglomeration economics in Chinese cities: an empirical study, Zuohong Pan and Fan Zhang; Hong Kong: from entrepot to manufacturing and then to producer services, Zhigang Tao and Y.C. Richard Wong; Shanghai rising: resurgence of China's New York City?, Hanchao Lu; About the editors; Index.

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NPB9780754633129
9780754633129
0754633128
Urban Transformation in China by Gordon G. Liu
Gordon G. Liu
The Chinese Trade and Industry Series
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2004-07-14
296
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