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China's urban billion [[electronic resource] ] : the story behind the biggest migration in human history / / Tom Miller
| China's urban billion [[electronic resource] ] : the story behind the biggest migration in human history / / Tom Miller |
| Autore | Miller Tom |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed ; Palgrave, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 192 p. : map |
| Disciplina | 307.2/4/0951 |
| Collana | Asian arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural-urban migration - China
Urbanization - China |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-144-9
1-283-75463-0 1-78032-143-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461960703321 |
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China's urban billion : the story behind the biggest migration in human history / / Tom Miller
| China's urban billion : the story behind the biggest migration in human history / / Tom Miller |
| Autore | Miller Tom |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed ; Palgrave, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 192 p. : map |
| Disciplina | 307.2/4/0951 |
| Collana | Asian arguments |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural-urban migration - China
Urbanization - China |
| ISBN |
1-350-21913-4
1-78032-144-9 1-283-75463-0 1-78032-143-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Asian Arguments; About the Author; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Map of China; Introduction: The Biggest Migration in Human History; 1 By the Sweat of Their Brows: The People Who Built Urban China; Box 1.1 Beijing's slum clearances; Box 1.2 School's out; 2 Passport to Purgatory: Fixing the Hukou System; Box 2.1 Down and out in Beijing; The Chongqing model: paying for the mayor's new clothes; Box 2.2 City livin'; Box 2.3 River town scrubs up; 3 Farm versus Factory: The Battle over Land; Box 3.1 Flogging the fields; Yours to sell: the great land-credit experiment.
Box 3.2 The beginning of the end for traditional farming?4 The Construction Orgy: Paving the Fields; Box 4.1 Tier what?; Box 4.2 Scrabbling to fill the city coffers: the role of local government investment companies; Chengdu and Wuhan: hinterland dynamos; Box 4.3 Riding the stimulus express; Box 4.4 Home, sweet home; 5 Ghost Towns in the Desert: How China Builds Its Cities; Grey, ugly and congested: why are so many Chinese cities so horrible?; Box 5.1 Kingdom of subways; Box 5.2 Beijing: Urban squires, city paupers; Box 5.3 Hangzhou: preservation with Chinese characteristics. Box 5.4 Tianjin: scrubbing upBox 5.5 Zhengzhou: the beauty in the beast; 6 A Billion Wallets: What China's New Urbanites Will and Won't Buy; Box 6.1 Want not, waste not; Box 6.2 Village life; Conclusion: Civilizing the Cities; Bibliography; Sources in English; Sources in Chinese; Index. |
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| London, : Zed ; Palgrave, 2012 | ||
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Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform [[electronic resource] /] / Prosper B. Matondi
| Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform [[electronic resource] /] / Prosper B. Matondi |
| Autore | Matondi Prosper B |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | [xvii], 286 p. : map |
| Disciplina | 333.31 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MatondiProsper Bvumiranayi |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico | Land reform - Zimbabwe - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-151-1
1-283-74724-3 1-78032-150-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461989103321 |
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| London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 | ||
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Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform / / Prosper B. Matondi
| Zimbabwe's fast-track land reform / / Prosper B. Matondi |
| Autore | Matondi Prosper B |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | [xvii], 286 p. : map |
| Disciplina | 333.3/16891 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MatondiProsper Bvumiranayi |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico | Land reform - Zimbabwe - History |
| ISBN |
1-350-22420-0
1-78032-151-1 1-283-74724-3 1-78032-150-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
AfricaNow; About the author; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Figures; Tables; Boxes; Abbreviations; Glossary; Acknowledgements; Preface; Map: Zimbabwe's agro-ecological zones with study sites; 1 Understanding Fast Track Land Reforms in Zimbabwe; Introduction; Understanding the context from a local perspective; Fast track land reform radicalism and speeding up of the reforms; Decision-making in the turbulent times of the fast track; Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme as viewed in international discourse.
The changed and expanded agrarian base1.1 Agricultural land inventory as of 2011; Table 1.1 Agricultural land inventory as of 2011; 'Chaos theory' in relation to the Fast Track Land Reform Programme; Evolving central government and micro-relations following the Fast Track Land Reform Programme; Chapter overview; 2 Land occupations as the trigger for compulsory land acquisition; Introduction; Squatting before 2000 as a trigger for land acquisition; Land occupations after 2000; Understanding land acquisition; 2.1 Land: the constitution and legal framework of Zimbabwe, 1979-2009. Table 2.1 Land: the constitution and legal framework of Zimbabwe, 1979-2009Farms compulsorily acquired in Mazowe District; 2.2 Total number of farms in Mashonaland Central Province; Table 2.2 Total number of farms in Mashonaland Central Province; Broader reactions of white farmers to land occupations and compulsory land acquisition; Conclusions; 3 Interrogating land allocation; Introduction; Background to the politics of land allocation; Genesis of the models for land allocation; 3.1 Distribution of beneficiaries and land acquired; Table 3.1 Distribution of beneficiaries and land acquired. Procedures for allocating land to new beneficiariesThe attraction of Mazowe District to potential land applicants; 3.2 Summary of applicants for A2 plots in Mashonaland Central Province; Table 3.2 Summary of applicants for A2 plots in Mashonaland Central Province; 3.1 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A1 scheme; Box 3.1 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A1 scheme; 3.3 Percentages and categories of land beneficiaries in the A1 scheme; Table 3.3 Percentages and categories of land beneficiaries in the A1 scheme. 3.2 Steps in land allocation and occupation in the A2 schemeBox 3.2 Steps in land allocation and occupation inthe A2 scheme; 3.4 A2 beneficiaries in Mazowe according to a variety of reports and surveys; Table 3.4 A2 beneficiaries in Mazowe according to a variety of reports and surveys; 3.5 Selected schemes with high numbers of War Veterans and other security employees in Mazowe; Table 3.5 Selected schemes with high numbers of War Veterans and other security employees in Mazowe; 3.6 Distribution of farm sizes in Mazowe for A2 beneficiaries according to a variety of reports and surveys. |
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Matondi Prosper B
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| London, : Zed ; Palgrave, c2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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