Restructuring the Chinese City : Changing Society, Economy and Space

ISBN-13: 9780415333856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 288 str.

Laurence J. C. Ma

Opis

Tremendous social and economic changes have taken place in Chinese Cities since China embarked on a reform programme. Such changes are best manifested in the built environment of the cities where geographic space, social life, demographic composition and economic production have witnessed restructuring from socialist patterns to increasingly market based forms.
"Restructuring the Chinese City" brings together contributions from leading scholars on urban China to shed important light on critical issues of recent change in Chinese cities. The book will focus on how the new economy and changing society have (re)shaped urban space and place, and how the interplay among global, national and local forces comes together to reconfigure Chinese urban Space.
Empirically grounded studies posit the significance of urban China research beyond the (post-) socialist city model. In the process it helping to theorize the changing regime of accumulation and spatial restructuring in the contemporary urban world.

Spis treści

Preface 1. Introduction: Restructuring the Chinese City 2. Chinese Cities in Transition 3. Space, Scale and the State: Re-Organizing Urban Space in China 4. Dual Land Market and Internal Spatial Structure of Chinese Cities 5. Irregular Trajectories: Illegal Building on the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong 6. Globalization and the Development of New Central Business Districts in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou 7. Historical Memory, Community-Building, and Place-Making in Neighborhood Shanghai 8. Differences among Brothers: Urban Development in Three Shanghai Urban Districts 9. Industrial Restructuring and Urban Spatial Transformation in Xi'an 10. Form Work-Unit Compounds to Gated Communities: Housing Inequality and Residential Segregation in Transitional Beijing 11. Migrant Residential Distribution and Metropolitan Spatial Development in Shanghai
12. Chengzhongcun as Migrant Settlements and the Impacts of Development Policy in Chinese Cities Conclusion: Beyond Urban China

O autorze

Laurence J.C. Ma, for many years a Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Akron, is currently an independent scholar residing in California. His work has been focused on China's urban development and population. He has authored, co-authored and co-edited eight books.

Fulong Wu has published many papers on urban spatial structure in Chinese cities, urban housing and land development. His numerous papers have appeared in such journals as Environment and Planning, Urban Studies and Urban Geography.