Title: The dynamics of urban growth in three Chinese cities /
Authors: Yusuf, Shahid, 1949-; Wu, Weiping; World Bank
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Urbanization China Case studies.; Industrialization China Case studies.; Shanghai (China) Economic conditions; Tianjin (China) Economic conditions.; Guangzhou (China) Economic conditions.
Abstract: This text compares three Chinese cities - Shanghai, Tianjin and Quangzhou - in the context of the sweeping changes in China's economy, history and reform programmes, from the early-1980s to the mid-1990s.
Contents: 1. The Dynamics of Urban Growth: Location, Size, Structure, and Reforms -- 2. China's Changing Urban Geography: The Rise of Three Cities -- 3. Shanghai: Renaissance City -- 4. Tianjin: A Port, Its Neighborhood, and Its Ambition -- 5. Guangzhou: The Pearl in the Delta -- 6. Similarities, Contrasts, and Lessons: Three Cities and Others -- 7. A Map of the Future.