Challenges in the process of China's urbanization / edited by Karen Eggleston, Jean C. Oi, and Wang Yiming.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Eggleston, Karen, editor.

Oi, Jean C. (Jean Chun), editor.

Wang, Yiming, 1959- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--Government policy--China.

Urbanization.

Sustainable urban development--China.

Sustainable urban development.

Urban policy--China.

Urban policy.

Urbanization--Government policy.

China.

Physical Description:

xxi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2017.

Summary:

"The same institutions that enabled China's massive urbanization and spurred its economic growth now require further reform and innovation. To address the issues facing the next phase of the nation's transformation, the National New Urbanization Plan (2014-20) set ambitious targets for sustainable, human-centered, and environmentally friendly urbanization. This volume explores the key institutional and governance challenges China will face in reaching those goals. Its policy-focused contributions from leading social scientists in the United States and China explore aspects of urbanization ranging from migration and labor markets to agglomeration economies, land finance, affordable housing, and education policy. Subjects covered in the eleven chapters include: Institutional problems leading to fiscal pressures on local governments and unequal provision of social services to migrant families; the history of land financing and threats to its sustainability; the difficulty of sorting out property rights in rural China; how administrative redistricting has allowed the urbanization of geographical administrative places to outpace the urbanization of populations within those areas; how the hukou system may not be the sole, or even primary, mechanism restricting migrants from public goods, such as their childrens' education; whether the nation's food security is threatened by its ongoing urbanization; [and] the current state of the provision of low-income housing, and future challenges." -- Publisher's description

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION: INSTITUTIONS, POLICY, AND CONSTRAINTS

1. The Political Economy of Urbanization in China / Karen Eggleston, Jean Oi, and Wang Yiming

2. Urbanization in China since Reform and Opening-Up: An Analysis of Institutional and Policy Factors / Wang Yiming

SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, LAND FINANCE, PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND GOVERNANCE

3. Spatial Growth: Comparing India, China, and the United States / Klaus Desmet and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg

4. Land Financing and Its Sustainability in the Context of Urbanization / Liu Lifeng

5. The Impact of Urban Administrative Institution Reforms and Division Adjustments on Urbanization in China / Shi Yulong

6. The Multiple Logics of Property Rights Reform in China's Urbanization: The Case of the Chengdu Model / Ai Yun and Zhou Xueguang

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BASIC PUBLIC SERVICES: EDUCATION, FOOD SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING

7. Compulsory Education for Children of Migrant Workers: Is Hukou the Biggest Obstacle? / Gu Yan

8. Urbanization and China's Food Security in China / Huang Jikun [and others]

Appendix A Contribution of agricultural technology and infrastructure Improvements in agriculture to the growth of agricultural production (percent)

9. Financing Universal Coverage of Urban Basic Public Services and Coordinated Urban-Rural Development: Challenges and Solutions / Xu Sheng

10. Housing Security in the Context of Chinese Urbanization / Yang Ping

11. Institutional Challenges in Providing Affordable Housing in the People's Republic of China / Niny Khor and Jean C. Oi.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781931368414

1931368414

OCLC:

984898886

Publisher Number:

40027276046