Ghost cities of China : the story of cities without people in the world's most populated country / Wade Shepard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shepard, Wade, author.

Series:

Asian arguments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Planned communities--China.

Planned communities.

New towns--China.

New towns.

Real estate development--China.

Real estate development.

Urbanization--China.

Urbanization.

China.

Physical Description:

xii, 218 pages : map ; 22 cm.

Other Title:

Cities without people in the world's most populated country

Place of Publication:

London : Zed Books, 2015.

Summary:

"Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty." from publisher's website

Contents:

The new map of China

Clearing the land

Of new cities and ghost cities

When construction ends the building begins

Megacities inside megacities

A new city, a new identity

Powering the new China

The unsinkable ship

What ghost cities become

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-211) and index.

ISBN:

9781783602193

1783602198

9781783602186

178360218X

OCLC:

892455068