The Chinese city
By: Weiping Wu and Piper Gaubatz
Contributors: Gaubatz, Piper Rae, 1962-
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780415575744; 9780415575751
Subjects: Urbanization; City planning; Growth; Urban Sociology; Cities and towns; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Geographical setting; title: The historical urban system; title: Traditional urban forms; title: The urban system since 1949; title: Urban-rural divide, socialist institutions, and migration; title: Cities in the global economy; title: Urban restructuring and economic transformation; title: Social-spatial transformation; title: Urban infrastructure; title: Urban land and housing; title: Environmental quality and sustainability; title: Lifestyle and social change; title: Urban governance and civil society conclusion: looking toward the future.