Aspects of urbanization in China : Shanghai Hong Kong Guangzhou Frontmatter Table of Contents List of Tables and Illustrations Acknowledgements INTRODUCTION 1. Aspects of Urbanization in China: Shanghai Hong Kong Guangzhou Bracken Gregory GLOBAL AMBITIONS 2. Towards an Understanding of Architectural Iconicity in Global Perspective Sklair Leslie 3. Shanghai and the 2010 Expo: Staging the City Dreyer Jacob 4. Guangzhous Special Path to Global City Status Guo Xiangmin Liu Changtao CULTURAL EXPRESSION 5. Repairing the Rural Urban Continuum: Cinema as Witness Moya Pellitero Ana M. 6. Revisiting Hong Kong: Fruit Chans Little Cheung Huang Tsung yi Michelle 7. Sensual but No Clue of Politics: Shanghais Longtang Houses Scheen Lena ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESSION 8. Urbanization and Housing: Socio Spatial Conflicts over Urban Space in Contemporary Shanghai Arkaraprasertkul Non 9. It Makes a Village: Hong Kongs Podium Shopping Malls as Global Villages Solomon Jonathan D. Contributors Bibliography Index Chinas rise as a global power is one of the major economic and political developments of the past fifty years. One seemingly inevitable outcome of industrialization is urbanization and this definitive study surveys the key aspects of Chinas massive wave of urbanization with an emphasis on the changes to the quality of life of urban dewellers. With contributions from authors in a variety of fields Aspects of Urbanization in China creates a resonant and rich portrait of Chinas global ambitions as well as their culture architecture and economy. While the volume deals with disparate aspects of urbanization the articles included are unified by a deep concern for Chinese citizens