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This book offers a systematic and comparative study on urbanization and urban development in China and India. Contributed by a team of top experts from both countries it uses original research to understand why and where to urbanize.
List of contents
- 1: Introduction
- Part I: Urbanization and Rural Development
- 2: Urbanization and Rural Development in the People's Republic of China
- 3: Costs and Benefits of Urbanization: The Indian Case
- Part II: Urban Systems
- 4: Urban System and Urban Development in the People's Republic of China
- 5: City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy The India Evidence
- Part III: Migration
- 6: Migration in the People's Republic of China
- 7: Rural to Urban Migration and Urban Labour Market
- Part IV: Land and Housing
- 8: Housing Systems and Urbanization in the People's Republic of China
- 9: Land Policy and Urbanization in the People's Republic of China
- 10: Urbanization, Land and Housing in India: Options Amidst the State and the Market Failures
- Part V: Capital Flow and FDI
- 11: Foreign Direct Investment, Capital Flows, and Urbanization
- 12: Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India
- Part VI: Infrastructure
- 13: Infrastructure
- 14: Infrastructure and Urbanization in India: Issues and Challenges
- Part VII: Human Capital
- 15: Human Capital and Urbanization in the People's Republic of China
- 16: Human Capital and Urbanization in India
- Part VIII: Congestion and Pollution
- 17: Congestion and Pollution in Chinese Cities
- 18: Urbanization and Water Supply and Sanitation in India
- 19: Air Pollution and Traffic Congestion in Urban India
- Part IX: Poverty and Inequality in Urbanization
- 20: Urbanization, Inequality and Poverty in the People's Republic of China
- 21: Growth, Inequality, Poverty and Urbanization
About the author
Guanghua Wan is Director of the Institute of World Economy, Fudan University, China. Previously he was the Research Director and Head of the Poverty and Inequality Group at the Asian Development Bank. He has also previously held positions as a Senior Economist at the United Nations and taught at a number of universities in Australia and China. Trained in development economis and econometrics, Prof Wan is a multi-award winning scholar on the Chinese economy and an expert on Asia, with a publication record encompassing over 150 articles and numerous books. Dr Wan is an Honorary Professor of over ten top universities in China, and is among the top 4% economists in Asia.
Ming Lu is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the Shanghai Institute for the National Economy, and a Research Fellow at the China Institute of Urban Governance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Fudan University, Singapore Management University, and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics. He has consulted for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. His research covers labor economics, regional and urban-rural development, and the Chinese economy. His most recent work evaluates urban and regional development policies and their effects on resource allocation and economic sustainability.
Summary
This book offers a systematic and comparative study on urbanization and urban development in China and India. Contributed by a team of top experts from both countries it uses original research to understand why and where to urbanize.
Additional text
By understanding why and where to urbanize in the context of China and India, this edited volume makes a timely contribution to urbanization and urban development debates.
