China's Urban Space
Title | China's Urban Space PDF eBook |
Author | Terry McGee |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 2007-10-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1134072139 |
China’s urban growth is unparalleled in the history of global urbanization, and will undoubtedly create huge challenges to China as it modernizes its society. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book presents an overview of the radical transformation of China’s urban space since the 1970s, arguing that to study the Chinese urbanization process one must recognize the distinctive political economy of China. After a long period as a planned socialist economy, China’s rapid entry into the global economy has raised suggestions that modernization in China will inevitably result in urban patterns and features like those of cities in developed market economies. This book argues that this is unlikely in the short term, because processes of urban transition in China must be interpreted through the lens of a unique and unprecedented juxtaposition of socialism and the market economy, which is leading to distinctive patterns of Chinese urbanization. Richly illustrated with maps, diagrams and in-depth case studies, this book will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of urban economics and policy, geography, and the development of China.
China's Urban Space
Title | China's Urban Space PDF eBook |
Author | Terry McGee |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 283 |
Release | 2007-10-18 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1134072147 |
China’s urban growth is unparalleled in the history of global urbanization, and will undoubtedly create huge challenges to China as it modernizes its society. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, this book presents an overview of the radical transformation of China’s urban space since the 1970s, arguing that to study the Chinese urbanization process one must recognize the distinctive political economy of China. After a long period as a planned socialist economy, China’s rapid entry into the global economy has raised suggestions that modernization in China will inevitably result in urban patterns and features like those of cities in developed market economies. This book argues that this is unlikely in the short term, because processes of urban transition in China must be interpreted through the lens of a unique and unprecedented juxtaposition of socialism and the market economy, which is leading to distinctive patterns of Chinese urbanization. Richly illustrated with maps, diagrams and in-depth case studies, this book will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of urban economics and policy, geography, and the development of China.
New Narratives of Urban Space in Republican Chinese Cities
Title | New Narratives of Urban Space in Republican Chinese Cities PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2013-03-27 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004249915 |
The nine empirical studies in New Narratives of Urban Space in Republican Chinese Cities, organized under the general framework of urban space, examine three critical dimensions of the great urban transformation in Republican China—social, legal and governance orders. Together these narratives suggest a new perception of this historical urbanism. While modern economic development was a major drive for Chinese urban transformation, this volume highlights the dimension of the multilayered forces that shape urban space by looking into that less quantifiable, but equally important cultural realm and by exposing the ways in which these forces created new urban narratives, which became themselves shapers of urban space and of our perception of the Republican urbanity.
Urban Development in Post-Reform China
Title | Urban Development in Post-Reform China PDF eBook |
Author | Fulong Wu |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 380 |
Release | 2006-12-05 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1134162154 |
Radically reoriented under market reform, Chinese cities present both the landscapes of the First and Third World, and are increasingly playing a critical role in the country’s economic development. Yet, radical marketization co-exists with the ever-presence of state control. Exploring the interaction of China’s market development, state regulation and the resulting transformation and creation of new urban spaces, this innovative, key book provides the first integrated treatment of China’s urban development in the dynamic market transition. Focusing on land and housing development, the authors, all renowned authorities in this field, show how the market has been ‘created’ under post-reform urban conditions, and examine ‘the state in action’, highlighting how changing urban governance towards local entrepreneurial state facilitates market formation. A significant, original contribution, they highlight the key actors and their institutional contexts. China has been very successful in using urban land development as an economic growth engine, and here the authors investigate complex interactions between the market and state in creating this new urbanism. Taking a unique perspective, they marshal original ideas and empirical work based on field studies and collaborative work with colleagues in China.
China's Urban Space
Title | China's Urban Space PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 260 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | China |
ISBN |
Aspects of Urbanization in China
Title | Aspects of Urbanization in China PDF eBook |
Author | Gregory Bracken |
Publisher | Amsterdam University Press |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9089643982 |
China's opkomst als wereldmacht is een van de ingrijpendste gebeurtenissen van deze tijd. Honderden miljoenen mensen zijn de armoede ontvlucht dankzij de snelle industrialisatie van het land. De wonderbaarlijke economische groei van China heeft zijn nadelen, iets wat vaak het meest pijnlijk duidelijk wordt in de steden. Deze studie is geschreven door wetenschappers uit verschillende disciplines, waaronder architectuur, stedenbouw, sociale wetenschappen, aardrijkskunde en antrolpologie. Een dee van de auteurs behandelt de mondiale ambities van de steden, terwijl andere hun culturele en architecturale uitingen onderzoeken.
Urban Spaces in Contemporary China
Title | Urban Spaces in Contemporary China PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah Davis |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 468 |
Release | 1995-07-28 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521479431 |
Explores the impact of post-Mao reforms on the economic, social and cultural dimensions of China's cities.