The rise of Chinese cities has largely been fuelled by a property-led urban development strategy, which also leads to acute urban problems. Such a strategy features selling state-owned land use rights to fund infrastructure development and promote urban growth. This book provides both a theoretically informed and empirically rich assessment on the impacts of the property-led model on urban sustainable development of China as a whole and four case study cities. This is based on an indicator system that integrates principles of sustainable development with China's urban context, and reinforces...