1. Population Mobility, Urban Planning and Management in China: An Introduction Tai-Chee Wong & Sun Sheng Han
Part I Population Mobility and Urbanization
2. Developmental Idealism: Building Cities Without Slums in China Tai-Chee Wong
3. Interpreting Definitional Complexities of China’s Non-hukou Migrants Li Zhang
4. How China's "Floating Population" Floats: Recent Patterns in Migrant Workers' Spatial Mobility and Destination Choice Mark Y. L. Wang & James Maino
5. Spatial Characteristics and New Changes of the “Ant Tribe” Urban Village in Beijing: Cases Studies of Tangjialing and Shigezhuang Chaolin Gu, Mingjie Sheng & Lingqian Hu
6. Urban Peripheries as Growth and Conflict Spaces: The Development of New Towns in China Xin Yang, Jennifer Day & Sun Sheng Han
7. The Form of Urbanization and Carbon Emissions in China: A Panel Data Analysis Across the Provinces 2000-2008 Bo Qin & Jianfeng Wu
8. The Role of Foreign Firms in China’s Urban Transformation: A Case Study of Suzhou Hyung-Min Kim
Part II Spatial Planning
9. The Giant City-regions in China’s New Urbanization Sun Sheng Han
10. Upscaling in Progress: The Reinvention of Urban Planning as an Apparatus of Environmental Governance in China Calvin King-Lam Chung
11. Analyzing Eco-cities Comparing European and Chinese Experiences Meine Pieter van Dijk
12. Achieving Sustainable Transportation in Guiyang, China: Dilemma and Hope Tai-Chee Wong
13. Location of Affordable Housing in Nanjing, China Jia You, Hao Wu & Sun Sheng Han
14. Rural Towns in China’s Rapid Urbanization: A Case Study of Hubei Province Li Zhang & Min Zhao
Part III Management Approach
15. The Diversified Models and Outcomes of Applying the Urban-Rural Land Trading Policy in China Yumin Ye & Bo Qin
16. A New Pathway to Urbanization in China? The Land Trading Policy and Practice in Yandu Xincun, Xianghe County, Hebei Province Sun Sheng Han & Qianli Wei
17. Managing Urban Informalities in China: Beijing Municipality’s Style of Governance Towards its Urban Villages Ran Liu
18. Study on the Financial Support System for Development of Small Towns in Western China Hongmei Zhang & Hai Zhu
19. Experiences of Citizen Participation in Old City Regeneration in Yangzhou, China Ting Tian & Longbin Zhu
20. Real Estate Management in China: An Innovative Financing Mode of Urban Complexes Wen Han & Xiaoxi Liu
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This volume contains essays that examine contemporary urban and regional planning and development in China. Through in-depth theoretical and empirical analysis, it provides insights into the urban policies and operational mechanisms of this colossal transitional economy which has presented unprecedented challenges and dynamics.
Inside, readers will discover the causes and consequences of rapid urbanization that have led to a series of environmental, economic and social planning and management measures designed to achieve quality urban living. The essays also detail efforts in adopting the latest options in city building such as specific urban planning approaches in developing large city regions, building cities without slums, constructing new townships and green urbanism, including eco-city and sustainable transport. In addition, coverage explores financial management and support as a means to encourage urbanization and urban economic growth in less-developed regions.
Overall, the volume offers a wealth of concrete, detailed information on conditions in different regions of China and features an extensive range of content, methods and theory. It provides readers with a comprehensive portrait of the chain relationship between rapid urbanization, spatial planning and management throughout the country.
The book will serve as a useful reference for national and international consultancy services doing business or serving public interest in China. It will also be of interest to an international audience seeking a better understanding of urban development and planning in China, including university teachers, students, government agencies and general readers.