China's great urbanization / edited by Yongnian Zheng, Litao Zhao, and Sarah Y. Tong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tong, Sarah Y. (Sarah Yueting), editor.

Zhao, Litao, 1972- editor.

Zheng, Yongnian, editor.

Series:

China policy series ; 45.

China policy series ; 45

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urbanization--China.

Urbanization.

Urban policy--China.

Urban policy.

Rural development--China.

Rural development.

City planning--China.

City planning.

Sociology, Urban--China.

Sociology, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 278 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

China's extraordinary economic boom since the late 1970s has been accompanied by massive urbanization, with the proportion of the population living in cities rising from 18% in 1978 to 54% in 2014. Currently the Chinese government has amongst its objectives the target to increase this to 60% by 2020, and also to improve the quality of China's cities. This book examines a wide range of issues connected to China's urbanization. It considers the many problems which have come with rapid urbanization, including urban housing problems, difficulties affecting rural migrants in urban areas, and a lack of social protection. It examines areas of current reform, including land reform, shanty town renewal and moves to address environmental problems. It explores governance issues, and throughout assesses how urbanization in China is likely to develop in future.

Contents:

part 1. Development policies and industrial development

part 2. Social development in China's urbanization

part 3. Land and rural development

part 4. Urban planning and governance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-138-59564-0

1-315-67254-5

1-317-37347-2

9781315672540

OCLC:

960041112