The great urban transformation : politics of land and property in China /
As China is transformed, relations between society, the state, and the city have become central. The Great Urban Transformation investigates what is happening in cities, the urban edges, and the rural fringe in order to explain these relations. In the inner city of major metropolitan centers, munici...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | As China is transformed, relations between society, the state, and the city have become central. The Great Urban Transformation investigates what is happening in cities, the urban edges, and the rural fringe in order to explain these relations. In the inner city of major metropolitan centers, municipal governments battle high-ranking state agencies to secure land rents from redevelopment projects, while residents mobilize to assert property and residential rights. At theurban edge, as metropolitan governments seek to extend control over their rural hinterland through massive-scale development. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-248) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191571374 0191571377 9780191721632 0191721638 |