New Paths to Urbanization in China
Subtitle: Seeking More Balanced Patterns
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9781560726814
Subjects: Central government policies; City & town planning - architectural aspects; Regional & Area Planning; Urban communities; Political Science; Business / Economics / Finance; Sociology; Development - Economic Development; Sociology - Urban; Public Policy - Regional Planning; Sociology - General; China; Economic conditions; Rural conditions; Urban Policy; Urbanization
Description: "While most developed countries were urbanized in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, urbanization in developing countries is mainly a late-twentieth century and early twenty-first century process. Therefore studies on urbanization patterns in developed countries can provide an important base of information and analysis for solving the urban problems in developing countries."--BOOK JACKET.

"New urbanization patterns first emerged in some coastal provinces. These were a product of China's reform and open-door processes, and are still in the process of further development and diffusion to other provinces in China. This book explores the causes, effects and implications of these new urbanization patterns through case studies in areas where the patterns are most developed."--BOOK JACKET.