China's Great Urbanization.
Yongnian, Zheng.
China's Great Urbanization. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages) - China Policy Series . - China Policy Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I Development policies and industrial development -- 1 Urbanization as a new engine for future growth -- 2 Urbanization and the urban-rural consumption divide -- PART II Social development in China's urbanization -- 3 Making housing affordable in an urbanizing China -- 4 Reassessing informal migration and urbanization in China -- 5 Social programs for the urban working class in China: unemployment insurance and the minimum livelihood guarantee scheme -- PART III Land and rural development -- 6 The issue of land in China's transition and urbanization -- 7 Urbanization and emerging urban land use patterns -- 8 Rural land consolidation in China -- 9 Rural migration and rural development: case studies in eastern, central and western China -- 10 A free and competitive land market indispensable to resolving the rural-urban duality -- PART IV Urban planning and governance -- 11 Assessing China's Shantytown Regeneration Programme: a collaborative approach for land regeneration? -- 12 Exploring the vision and strategy of intelligent cities in China -- 13 Awakening environmental consciousness challenging municipal governance -- Index.
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.
9781317373476
Urbanization--China.
Electronic books.
HT384.C6.C5356 2017
307.760951
China's Great Urbanization. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (295 pages) - China Policy Series . - China Policy Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Contributors -- Introduction -- PART I Development policies and industrial development -- 1 Urbanization as a new engine for future growth -- 2 Urbanization and the urban-rural consumption divide -- PART II Social development in China's urbanization -- 3 Making housing affordable in an urbanizing China -- 4 Reassessing informal migration and urbanization in China -- 5 Social programs for the urban working class in China: unemployment insurance and the minimum livelihood guarantee scheme -- PART III Land and rural development -- 6 The issue of land in China's transition and urbanization -- 7 Urbanization and emerging urban land use patterns -- 8 Rural land consolidation in China -- 9 Rural migration and rural development: case studies in eastern, central and western China -- 10 A free and competitive land market indispensable to resolving the rural-urban duality -- PART IV Urban planning and governance -- 11 Assessing China's Shantytown Regeneration Programme: a collaborative approach for land regeneration? -- 12 Exploring the vision and strategy of intelligent cities in China -- 13 Awakening environmental consciousness challenging municipal governance -- Index.
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.
9781317373476
Urbanization--China.
Electronic books.
HT384.C6.C5356 2017
307.760951