China's New Urbanization Strategy

ISBN-13: 9780415625906 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 360 str.

China Development Research Foundation

Opis

This text makes available for the English-speaking reader the results of a large group of research projects undertaken by CDRF, one of China's leading think tanks, into the details of rural-urban migration, the resulting urban growth and the problems associated with all this. The book goes on to put forward a new strategy, which aims to ensure that China's urbanization proceeds in an orderly manner and that people and their needs are put at the centre of the strategy.

Spis treści

Preface I Wang Mengkui  Preface II Chen Yuan Introduction  1. Urbanization in China: process, trends, and challenges  2. Converting rural migrant workers into urban residents in the course of urbanization  3. Setting up a spatial configuration for ‘urbanization’ in China that features ‘two horizontal lines and three vertical lines’  4. Making ‘urban clusters’ the primary form of urbanization in China  5. Industrial structure and employment considerations in the course of urbanization  6. How to improve the provision of public services in urban areas  7. Creating sustainable processes for building and financing urban infrastructure  8. A ‘green path’ toward urbanization  9. Innovative approaches to managing ‘urbanization’ and ‘city governance’  10. Policy Recommendations

O autorze

China Development Research Foundation is one of the leading economic think tanks in China, where many of the details of China’s economic reform have been formulated. Its work and publications therefore provide great insights into what the Chinese themselves think about economic reform and how it should develop.