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China's urban transition / John Friedmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friedmann, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--China.
- Urbanization.
- Local government--China.
- Local government.
- Civil society--China.
- Civil society.
- China--Economic conditions--2000-.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (196 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press ; Bristol : University Presses Marketing [distributor], c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is only in the past quarter century that urbanization has emerged in China as a force of social transformation while a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics, and economy. China's Urban Transition synthesizes research to provide the first integrated treatment of the processes that encompass the meaning of urbanization.
- Contents:
- Becoming urban in China
- Historical traces
- Regional policies
- Urbanization of the countryside
- New spatial mobilities
- Expanding spaces of personal autonomy
- The governance of city-building
- Backward into the future.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-9749-3
- OCLC:
- 476095716
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