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Chinese Urban Transformation

Author : Chen Yuanzhi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000705765
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Urban Transformation written by Chen Yuanzhi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now an established global force, China has experienced a sustained period of staggering economic growth since policy reform in the 1970s. Chinese urbanisation is the most significant example of economic, environmental and social change both within China and globally. In recent years, central government has made a concerted effort to encourage city governments to realign their priorities and achieve a balance between economic efficiency, social justice and environmental protection. Chinese Urban Transformation: A Tale of Six Cities is a fascinating exploration of the dramatic development Chinese cities have undergone. Tracing this transformation through a comprehensive analysis of social and economic change in six cities, it unravels the complex relationship between policy, outlook and role that urban development plays in China’s view of itself, including the tensions resulting from rapid social and economic change.

China's Urban Transition

Author : John Friedmann
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 0816646155
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (166 download)

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Download or read book China's Urban Transition written by John Friedmann and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely and thorough analysis of the rapid urban growth in China.

The Great Urban Transformation

Author : You-tien Hsing
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199568049
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Great Urban Transformation written by You-tien Hsing and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China is transformed, relations between society, the state, and the city have become central. The Great Urban Transformation investigates what is happening in cities, the urban edges, and the rural fringe in order to explain these relations. In the inner city of major metropolitan centers, municipal governments battle high-ranking state agencies to secure land rents from redevelopment projects, while residents mobilize to assert property and residential rights. At the urban edge, as metropolitan governments seek to extend control over their rural hinterland through massive-scale development projects, villagers strategize to profit from the encroaching property market. At the rural fringe, township leaders become brokers of power and property between the state bureaucracy and villages, while large numbers of peasants are dispossessed, dispersed, and deterritorialized, and their mobilizational capacity is consequently undermined. The Great Urban Transformation explores these issues, and provides an integrated analysis of the city and the countryside, elite politics and grassroots activism, legal-economic and socio-political issues of property rights, and the role of the state and the market in the property market.

Transforming Chinese Cities

Author : Mark Y. Wang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317817753
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Chinese Cities written by Mark Y. Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China’s reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China’s continuing urban transformation. Subjects covered include the decline of the rural-urban divide, the spatial restructuring of Chinese urban centres and urban infrastructure, migrant workers, new housing and new communities, and "green" responses to urban environmental problems. The book is particularly valuable in that it includes much new work by scholars based inside China.

Handbook on Transport and Urban Transformation in China

Author : Chia-Lin Chen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786439247
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Transport and Urban Transformation in China written by Chia-Lin Chen and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-28 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1978, when China embarked on a new period of economic reforms and introduced open door policies, it has experienced a great urban transformation. The role of transport has proved indispensable in this unprecedented rapid urbanisation and economic growth. As the first research-focused book dedicated to this important topic, the Handbook on Transport and Urban Transformation in China offers new insight into the various opportunities and challenges brought by fast-paced motorization and urban development, and explores them in broad spatial-economic, environmental, social, and institutional dimensions.

China's Urban Billion

Author : Tom Miller
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1780321449
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book China's Urban Billion written by Tom Miller and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 2030, China's cities will be home to 1 billion people - one in every eight people on earth. What kind of lives will China's urban billion lead? And what will China's cities be like? Over the past thirty years, China's urban population expanded by 500 million people, and is on track to swell by a further 300 million by 2030. Hundreds of millions of these new urban residents are rural migrants, who lead second-class lives without access to urban benefits. Even those lucky citizens who live in modern tower blocks must put up with clogged roads, polluted skies and cityscapes of unremitting ugliness. The rapid expansion of urban China is astonishing, but new policies are urgently needed to create healthier cities. Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, this pivotal book explains why China has failed to reap many of the economic and social benefits of urbanization, and suggests how these problems can be resolved. If its leaders get urbanization right, China will surpass the United States and cement its position as the world's largest economy. But if they get it wrong, China could spend the next twenty years languishing in middle-income torpor, its cities pockmarked by giant slums.

Handbook on Urban Development in China

Author : Ray Yep
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786431637
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Urban Development in China written by Ray Yep and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trajectory and logic of urban development in post-Mao China have been shaped and defined by the contention between domestic and global capital, central and local state and social actors of different class status and endowment. This urban transformation process of historic proportion entails new rules for distribution and negotiation, novel perceptions of citizenship, as well as room for unprecedented spontaneity and creativity. Based on original research by leading experts, this book offers an updated and nuanced analysis of the new logic of urban governance and its implications.

Urban China

Author : Xuefei Ren
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745665454
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Urban China written by Xuefei Ren and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - governance, migration, landscape, inequality, and cultural economy. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of the literature and original research materials, Ren offers a critical account of the Chinese urban condition after the first decade of the twenty-first century. She argues that the urban-rural dichotomy that was artificially constructed under socialism is no longer a meaningful lens for analyses and that Chinese cities have become strategic sites for reassembling citizenship rights for both urban residents and rural migrants. The book is essential reading for students and scholars of urban and development studies with a focus on China, and all interested in understanding the relationship between state, capitalism, and urbanization in the global context.

An Era Without Memories

Author : Jiang Jiehong
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500544433
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book An Era Without Memories written by Jiang Jiehong and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An affecting collection of contemporary Chinese photography responding to the monumental encroachment of urban development across the country This timely book documents the phenomenon of rapid and transformative urbanization in China through the work of thirty-one of the country’s most talented art photographers. Capturing both the remnants of widespread demolition and constant, massive new development, these insiders have captured the new Chinese reality—an “era without memories”—brought on by the expansive urban transformation. In four thematic chapters, An Era Without Memories offers a varied and thought-provoking kaleidoscope of imagery depicting every aspect of urban living, from juxtapositions of old and new to still-life pockets of roadside greenery to digital renderings of closely packed high-rises. These include Miao Xiaochun’s photograph of a vast glass building rising ominously from behind a traditional neighborhood; Wang Jinsong’s collages of the Chinese character used to mark condemned buildings; Zhang Peili’s shots of pastiche Western architecture; Xu Zhengqin’s billboards showing dream residential and commercial developments; and Wang Chuan’s poetic images of abandoned, half-finished, modern buildings. Complete with an introduction by Stephan Feuchtwang, an expert on China and Professor of Anthropology at the London School of Economics, and a personal afterword by author Jiang Jiehong, this remarkable book offers a moving portrait of the dramatically changing Chinese landscape.

Chinese Urban Design

Author : Fei Chen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317166957
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Urban Design written by Fei Chen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional Chinese city is undergoing an identity crisis. With the rapid development taking place, there is growing conflict between this new building and the existing urban heritage. An appropriate approach, both in design and in legislation, is urgently needed to deal with this problem. Furthermore, although Chinese cities have a remarkably long history, existing methods of urban form study in China are either descriptive or loosely structured, whereas a comprehensive methodology is necessary to 'read' Chinese urban forms in a consistent way, and thus inform designers and policy-makers. Chinese Urban Design targets these problems and offers an analytic and conceptual framework for both urban investigation and consequent design. Firstly summarising traditional urban design principles and how Chinese cities have transformed over time, it then introduces and offers a theoretic ground and scientific methodology for understanding the evolution of urban forms, initially developed in western countries. It demonstrates the theoretic model via real cases - from the city of Nanjing - and establishes a direct link between understanding of urban forms and design development. By providing a cross-cultural investigation on the theories and methods of urban typology and morphology, this book aims to suggest best future practice for urban design in China. It explores how urban designers and local policy-makers can produce culturally responsive designs and how they might better understand the formation and transformation of the built environment in which their creations sit. It also looks at how local residents' lifestyle, culture and demands might be reflected and respected in design process.

The Chinese City

Author : Weiping Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415575753
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book The Chinese City written by Weiping Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is anchored in the spatial sciences to offer a comprehensive survey of the evolving urban landscape in China. It is divided into four parts with 13 chapters that can be read together or as stand alone material.

Urban Transformation in China

Author : Gordon G. Liu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351876376
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Urban Transformation in China written by Gordon G. Liu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a general description and evaluation of the process of urbanization in China and the urgent challenges facing the Chinese government. Urban Transformation in China examines the changing pattern of China's urban population and the determinants of these changes, including an analysis of the spatial structures of China's cities and industry and an assessment of urban productivity growth and the role of mega cities in national development. The book's coverage encompasses both academic and policy perspectives. With its sister volume Urbanization and Social Welfare in China it provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the country’s urbanization process.

Urban Transformation

Author : Peter Bosselmann
Publisher : Island Press
ISBN 13 : 1610911490
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Urban Transformation written by Peter Bosselmann and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do cities transform over time? And why do some cities change for the better while others deteriorate? In articulating new ways of viewing urban areas and how they develop over time, Peter Bosselmann offers a stimulating guidebook for students and professionals engaged in urban design, planning, and architecture. By looking through Bosselmann’s eyes (aided by his analysis of numerous color photos and illustrations) readers will learn to “see” cities anew. Bosselmann organizes the book around seven “activities”: comparing, observing, transforming, measuring, defining, modeling, and interpreting. He introduces readers to his way of seeing by comparing satellite-produced “maps” of the world’s twenty largest cities. With Bosselmann’s guidance, we begin to understand the key elements of urban design. Using Copenhagen, Denmark, as an example, he teaches us to observe without prejudice or bias. He demonstrates how cities transform by introducing the idea of “urban morphology” through an examination of more than a century of transformations in downtown Oakland, California. We learn how to measure quality-of-life parameters that are often considered immeasurable, including “vitality,” “livability,” and “belonging.” Utilizing the street grids of San Francisco as examples, Bosselmann explains how to define urban spaces. Modeling, he reveals, is not so much about creating models as it is about bringing others into public, democratic discussions. Finally, we find out how to interpret essential aspects of “life and place” by evaluating aerial images of the San Francisco Bay Area taken in 1962 and those taken forty-three years later. Bosselmann has a unique understanding of cities and how they “work.” His hope is that, with the fresh vision he offers, readers will be empowered to offer inventive new solutions to familiar urban problems.

Understanding China's Urbanization

Author : Li Zhang
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783474742
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Understanding China's Urbanization written by Li Zhang and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-25 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s urbanization is one of the great earth-changing phenomena of recent times. The way in which China continues to urbanize will have a critical impact on the world economy, global climate change, international relations and a host of other critical issues. Understanding and responding to China’s urbanization is of paramount importance to everyone. This book represents a unique exploration of the demographic, spatial, economic and social aspects of China’s urban transformation. Based on years of fieldwork and data analysis from different types of cities and towns in every region of China, the authors present a detailed description of how China has urbanized since 1978 and an original theory about the way in which top-down and bottom-up policies have impacted urbanization. They describe China’s on-going urbanization process as a ‘double-dual’ transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one and from a concern with the quantity to the quality of urbanization. In doing so, the authors provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date book on Chinese urbanization to date. This scholarly study will appeal to academics and practitioners, including professors and postgraduate students of urban studies, planning, geography, Asian studies, and other social science disciplines and professional fields concerned with cities and urban development. Professionals involved in international development, particularly in China and elsewhere in Asia, will be particularly interested in the book.

Transforming Chinese Cities

Author : Mark Y. Wang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317817761
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Chinese Cities written by Mark Y. Wang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China’s reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China’s continuing urban transformation. Subjects covered include the decline of the rural-urban divide, the spatial restructuring of Chinese urban centres and urban infrastructure, migrant workers, new housing and new communities, and "green" responses to urban environmental problems. The book is particularly valuable in that it includes much new work by scholars based inside China.

Urban Development in Post-Reform China

Author : Fulong Wu
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134162154
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Urban Development in Post-Reform China written by Fulong Wu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-12-05 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radically reoriented under market reform, Chinese cities present both the landscapes of the First and Third World, and are increasingly playing a critical role in the country’s economic development. Yet, radical marketization co-exists with the ever-presence of state control. Exploring the interaction of China’s market development, state regulation and the resulting transformation and creation of new urban spaces, this innovative, key book provides the first integrated treatment of China’s urban development in the dynamic market transition. Focusing on land and housing development, the authors, all renowned authorities in this field, show how the market has been ‘created’ under post-reform urban conditions, and examine ‘the state in action’, highlighting how changing urban governance towards local entrepreneurial state facilitates market formation. A significant, original contribution, they highlight the key actors and their institutional contexts. China has been very successful in using urban land development as an economic growth engine, and here the authors investigate complex interactions between the market and state in creating this new urbanism. Taking a unique perspective, they marshal original ideas and empirical work based on field studies and collaborative work with colleagues in China.

Chinese Urban Shi-nema

Author : David H. Fleming
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030496759
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Urban Shi-nema written by David H. Fleming and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book dives into the mise-en-scène of contemporary China to explore the “becoming cinema” of Chinese cities, societies, and subjectivities. Set in the wake of China’s radical and rapid period of urbanization and infrastructural transformation, and situating itself in the processual city of Ningbo, the book combines empirical, ficto-critical, and philosophical methods to generate a dynamic account of everyday life as new forms of consumer culture bed in. Harnessing a Realist approach that allows for different scales of analysis, the book zooms in on five architectural assemblages including: surreal real estate showrooms; a fragmented history museum; China’s “first and best” Sino-foreign university; a new “Old town”; and weird gamified “any-now(here)-spaces.” Together these modern arrangements and machines for living cast light upon the broader picture sweeping up greater China.