Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Contents |
Acknowledgments; List of Figures; Table; List of Chinese Terms; Prologue; 1. Land and Urban Politics; Part I: Redevelopment of the Urban Core; Part II: Expansion of the Metropolitan Region; Part III: Urbanization of the Rural Fringe; Bibliography; Index |
Summary |
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 theurban edge, as metropolitan governments seek to extend control over their rural hinterland through massive-scale development |
Analysis |
Samfundsvidenskab Politologi |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-248) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Urban policy -- China
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Land use, Urban -- Economic aspects -- China
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Land use, Urban -- Political aspects -- China
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Urbanization -- China
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Real estate investment -- China
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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Economic history.
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Land use, Urban -- Economic aspects.
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Land use, Urban -- Political aspects.
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Politics and government.
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Real estate investment.
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Social conditions.
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Urban policy.
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Urbanization.
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SUBJECT |
China -- Social conditions -- 2000- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003000103
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China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99010023
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China -- Politics and government -- 2002- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004009498
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China.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780191571374 |
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0191571377 |
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9780191721632 |
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0191721638 |
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