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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961720503321

Titolo

China's great urbanization / / edited by Yongnian Zheng, Litao Zhao, and Sarah Y. Tong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017

ISBN

1-138-59564-0

1-315-67254-5

1-317-37347-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) : illustrations

Collana

China policy series ; ; 45

Disciplina

307.760951

Soggetti

Urbanization - China

Urban policy - China

Rural development - China

City planning - China

Sociology, Urban - China

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Development policies and industrial development -- part 2. Social development in China's urbanization -- part 3. Land and rural development -- part 4. Urban planning and governance.

Sommario/riassunto

China's extraordinary economic boom since the late 1970s has been accompanied by massive urbanization, with the proportion of the population living in cities rising from 18% in 1978 to 54% in 2014.  Currently the Chinese government has amongst its objectives the target to increase this to 60% by 2020, and also to improve the quality of China's cities.  This book examines a wide range of issues connected to China's urbanization.  It considers the many problems which have come with rapid urbanization, including urban housing problems, difficulties affecting rural migrants in urban areas, and a lack of social protection. It examines areas of current reform, including land reform, shanty town renewal and moves to address environmental problems. It explores governance issues, and throughout assesses how urbanization in China is likely to develop in future.