Urban Poverty, Housing and Social Change in China

ISBN-13: 9780415653046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 192 str.

Wang, Ya Ping

Opis

This text looks at societies in transition and the associated problem of urban poverty. Under this broad theme, the author aims to analyse the social and economic changes brought forward in Chinese cities by the country's on-going reform programme.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  Part 1: Society and Urban Transition  2. Society in Transition  3. Urban Transition in China  Part 2: Urban Poverty and Housing  4. Emerging Problems of the Urban Poor  5. Social and Economic Profile of the Urban Poor  6. Housing the Urban Poor  7. Poverty among Migrants  8. Poverty Elimination  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Ya Ping Wang is currently Reader at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh and has previously taught at Shaanxi Teachers University in Xi'an. His research on contemporary China had been supported by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, UK Department For International Development, British Academy, British Council and his university. He has published widely on planning, housing and urban poverty in China and is the co-author with Professor Alan Murie of Housing Policy and Practice in China (1999).