ABSTRACT
The urbanisation of China over the last three decades has been a hugely significant development, both for China’s reform process and for the world more generally. This book presents recent research findings on China’s continuing urban transformation. Subjects covered include the decline of the rural-urban divide, the spatial restructuring of Chinese urban centres and urban infrastructure, migrant workers, new housing and new communities, and "green" responses to urban environmental problems. The book is particularly valuable in that it includes much new work by scholars based inside China.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 7|14 pages
Attitude, systems of identification, and distance
An analysis of the social distance of migrants and local urban residents
chapter 8|21 pages
Home perception and home-making strategy
The struggle of rural–urban migrant women in Beijing and Shanghai
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chapter 9|12 pages
Gendered identity and voice
Chinese female migrant domestic workers' responses to subordination
chapter 11|23 pages
Planned gated communities in urban China
Outdoors activities and designed leisure spaces
chapter 13|17 pages
Spatial planning strategies for a low carbon city in China
Evidence from the neighborhoods of Beijing
chapter 14|13 pages
Industrial development and environmental improvement in China
A case study on Liaoning Province