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Aspects of urbanization in China : Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou / edited by Gregory Bracken.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ; 6.
- IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ; 6
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--China--Shanghai.
- Urbanization.
- Urbanization--China--Hong Kong.
- Urbanization--China--Guangzhou.
- China--Guangzhou.
- China--Hong Kong.
- China--Shanghai.
- Physical Description:
- 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- China's rise is one of the transformative events of our time. Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai, Hong Kong, Guangzhou examines some of the aspects of China's massive wave of urbanization - the largest the world has ever seen. The various papers in the book, written by academics from different disciplines, represent ongoing research and exploration and give a useful snapshot in a rapidly developing discourse. Their point of departure is the city - Shanghai, Hong Kong and Guangzhou - where the downside of China's miraculous economic growth is most painfully apparent. And it is concern for the citizens of these cities that unifies the papers in a book whose authors seek to understand what life is like for the people who call them home. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Aspects of urbanization in China / Gregory Bracken
- t Towards an understanding of architectural iconicity in global perspective / Leslie Sklair
- Shanghai and the 2010 Expo / Jacob Dreyer
- Guangzhou's special path to global city status / Xiangmin Guo and Changtao Liu
- Reparing the rural-urban continuum / Ana M. Moya Pellitero
- Revisiting Hong Kong / Tsung-yi Michelle Huang
- Sensual, but no clue of politics / Lena Scheen
- Urbanization and housing / Non Arkaraprasertkul
- It makes a village / Jonathan D. Solomon.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Aspects of urbanization in China.
- ISBN:
- 9789089643988
- 9089643982
- OCLC:
- 795908153
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