The New Chinese City || Frontmatter

✍ Scribed by Logan, John R.

• Book ID: 121696615
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 132 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 0631229477
• DOI: 10.1002/9780470712863.fmatter

✦ Synopsis

Urbanisation And Urban Development Are The Focus Of This Account Which Introduces Readers To The Changes Now Taking Place In Chinese Cities. Its Approach Links The Visible Changes In Urban Life To Changes In The Larger Political Economy Of China. Pt. I. Introduction To The New Chinese City. 1. Three Challenges For The Chinese City: Globalization, Migration, And Market Reform / John R. Logan. 2. The Present Situation And Prospective Development Of The Shanghai Urban Community / Duo Wu And Taibin Li. 3. The Development Of The Chinese Metropolis In The Period Of Transition / Xiaopei Yan, Li Jia And Jianping Li / [and Others] -- Pt. Ii. Globalization And Urban Development. 4. The Prospect Of International Cities In China / Yi-xing Zhou. 5. Globalization And Hong Kong's Entrepreneurial City Strategies: Contested Vision And The Remaking Of City Governance In (post- )crisis Hong Kong / Ngai-ling Sum. Edited By John R. Logan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [260]-282) And Index.