Ghost Cities of China The Story of Cities without People in World s Most Populated Country

Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country''s urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue driven, on-location search for an understanding of China''s new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Paul French (Editore)
• Autori: Wade Shepard, Shepard Wade
• Editore: Zed Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 09.04.2015
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche
• EAN: 9781783602193
• ISBN: 978-1-78360-219-3
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Serie: Asian Arguments; Asian Arguments
• Categorie: China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Central / national / federal government policies, Human Geography, Urban communities, Settlement, urban and rural geography, Central government policies, Tom Miller, Urban communities / city life, China and the New Maoists, Kerry Brown, China's Asian Dream, CEO, China