China''s Urban Space - Development Under Market Socialism

Informationen zum Autor Terry McGee is currently Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia George C.S. Lin is Professor and Head of the School of Geography, The University of Hong Kong. Andrew M. Marton is Associate Professor and Reader in Chinese Geography in the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. Mark Yaolin Wang is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Environmental Enquiry, The University of Melbourne, Australia. Jiaping Wu is a Research Fellow with School for Social and Policy Research at Charles Darwin University, Australia. Klappentext This book presents an overview of the radical transformation of China's urban space since the 1970s, arguing that to study the Chinese urbanization process one must recognize the distinctive political economy of China. Zusammenfassung This book presents an overview of the radical transformation of China’s urban space since the 1970s, arguing that to study the Chinese urbanization process one must recognize the distinctive political economy of China. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. The Political Economy of Chinese Urbanization 3. 'Seeing like a State': The Urbanization Project in China Post-1978 4. Representing Urbanization in China: Official and Unofficial Readings of the Process 5. City Core and the Periphery: The Case of Guangdong and Hong Kong Extended Metropolitan Region 6. Emerging Urbanization in the Pearl River Delta: A Case Study of Dongguang 7. Manipulating the Margins: The Case of Shanghai 8. Rural Agglomeration and Urbanization in the Lower Yangzi Delta: The 'Urban Echo' in Kunshan 9. Divergent Urbanization Paths in the Shenyang-Dalian Urban Corridor, Liaoning Province 10. Reviewing the Case Studies: Dimensions of Scale in the Chinese Urbanization Process 11. Conclusion: Rewriting China’s Urban Future

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• Authors: George C.S. Lin, Lin George C.S., Andrew Marton, Terry McGee, Terry Lin Mcgee, McGee Terry, Mark Wang, Jiaping Wu
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415438056
• ISBN: 978-0-415-43805-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, urban economics, Urban communities, Development Studies, Regional / urban economics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General