China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism (Routledge Contemporary China Series)

With urbanism becoming the key driver of socio-economic change in China, this book provides much needed up-to-date material on Chinese urban development. Demonstrating how it transcends the centrally-planned model of economic growth, and assessing the extent to which it has gone beyond the common wisdom of Chinese ‘gradualism’, the book covers a wide range of important topics, including: local land development the local state private-public partnership foreign investment urbanization ageing home ownership. Providing a clear appraisal of recent trends in Chinese urbanism, this book puts forward important new conceptual resources to fill the gap between the outdated model of the ‘Third World’ city and the globalizing cities of the West. Cities As Emerging Institution -- Beyond Gradualism : China's Urban Revolution And Emerging Cities / Fulong Wu -- Land Property Rights Regime In China : A Comparative Study Of Suzhou And Dongguan / You-ren Yang, Hung-kai Wang -- Public-private Partnership In The Urban Water Sector Of Shanghai / Seungho Lee -- The Dialectics Of Urban Planning In China / Daniel B. Abramson -- Transitioning Economic And Social Spheres -- Hong Kong And Taiwan Investment In Dongguan : Divergent Trajectories And Impacts / Chun Yang -- Urban Labor Market Changes And Social Protection For Urban Informal Workers : Challenges For China And India / Sunil Kumar, Bingqin Li -- Ageing Urban Society : Discourse And Policy / Ian G. Cook, Jason L. Powell -- Transition To Homeownership : Implications For Wealth Redistribution / Si-ming Li -- Rebuilding Residential Space -- Residential Redevelopment And Social Impacts In Beijing / Hyun Bang Shin -- Neighborhood Changes And Residential Differentiation In Shanghai / Shenjing He, Fulong Wu -- Large Urban Redevelopment Projects And Socio-spatial Stratification In Shanghai / Ying Ying Tian, Cecilia Wong -- Emerging Leisure, Retailing And Consumption Practices -- Spaces Of Leisure : Gated Golf Communities In China / Guillaume Giroir -- A Tale Of Two Cities : Restructuring Of Retail Capital And Production Of New Consumption Spaces In Beijing And Shanghai / Shuguang Wang, Chongyi Guo -- When Local Meets Global : Residential Differentiation, Global Connections And Consumption In Shanghai / Jiaming Sun, Xiangming Chen. Edited By Fulong Wu. Simultaneously Published In The Usa And Canada By Routledge--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cities as emerging institution-Beyond gradualism: China's urban revolution and emerging cities / Fulong Wu-Land property rights regime in China: a comparative study of Suzhou and Dongguan / You-Ren Yang and Hung-Kai Wang-Public-private partnership in the urban water sector of Shanghai / Seungho Lee-The dialectics of urban planning in China / Daniel B. Abramson-Transitioning economic and social spheres-Hong kong and Taiwan investment in Dongguan: divergent trajectories and impacts / Chun Yang-Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: challenges for China and India / Sunil Kumar and Bingqin Li-Ageing urban society: discourse and policy / Ian G. Cook and Jason leaf Powell-Transition to homeownership: implications for wealth redistribution / Si-ming Li-Rebuilding residential space-Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing / Hyun Bang Shin-Neighborhood changes and residential differentiation in Shanghai / Shenjing He and Fulong Wu-Large urban redevelopment projects and socio-spatial stratification in Shanghai / Ying Ying Tian and Cecilia Wong-Emerging leisure, retailing and consumption practices-Spaces of leisure: gated golf communities in China / Guillaume Giroir-A tale of two cities: restructuring of retail capital and production of new consumption spaces in Beijing and Shanghai / Shuguang Wang and Chongyi Guo-When local meets global: residential differentiation, global connections and consumption in Shanghai / Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen Cities as emerging institution Beyond gradualism: China's urban revolution and emerging cities / Fulong Wu Land property rights regime in China: a comparative study of Suzhou and Dongguan / You-Ren Yang and Hung-Kai Wang Public-private partnership in the urban water sector of Shanghai / Seungho Lee The dialectics of urban planning in China / Daniel B. Abramson Transitioning economic and social spheres Hong kong and Taiwan investment in Dongguan: divergent trajectories and impacts / Chun Yang Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: challenges for China and India / Sunil Kumar and Bingqin Li Ageing urban society: discourse and policy / Ian G. Cook and Jason L. Powell Transition to homeownership: implications for wealth redistribution / Si-ming Li Rebuilding residential space Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing / Hyun Bang Shin Neighborhood changes and residential differentiation in Shanghai / Shenjing He and Fulong Wu Large urban redevelopment projects and socio-spatial stratification in Shanghai / Ying Ying Tian and Cecilia Wong Emerging leisure, retailing and consumption practices Spaces of leisure: gated golf communities in China / Guillaume Giroir A tale of two cities: restructuring of retail capital and production of new consumption spaces in Beijing and Shanghai / Shuguang Wang and Chongyi Guo When local meets global: residential differentiation, global connections and consumption in Shanghai / Jiaming Sun and Xiangming Chen. Agriculture & Environmental Sciences Book Cover 1 Title 6 Copyright 7 Contents 8 Figures 10 Tables 12 Contributors 14 Preface 18 Part I: Cities as emerging institution 20 1 Beyond gradualism: China’s urban revolution and emerging cities 22 2 Land property rights regimes in China: A comparative study of Suzhou and Dongguan 45 3 Public–private partnership in the urban water sector in Shanghai 63 4 The dialectics of urban planning in China 85 Part II: Transitioning economic and social spheres 106 5 Hong Kong and Taiwan investment in Dongguan: Divergent trajectories and impacts 108 6 Urban labor market changes and social protection for urban informal workers: Challenges for China and India 128 7 Ageing urban society: Discourse and policy 145 8 Transition to homeownership: Implications for wealth redistribution 162 Part III: Rebuilding residential space 180 9 Residential redevelopment and social impacts in Beijing 182 10 Neighborhood changes and residential differentiation in Shanghai 204 11 Large urban redevelopment projects and sociospatial stratification in Shanghai 229 Part IV: Emerging leisure, retailing, and consumption practices 252 12 Spaces of leisure: Gated golf communities in China 254 13 A tale of two cities: Restructuring of retail capital and production of new consumption spaces in Beijing and Shanghai 275 14 When local meets global: Residential differentiation, global connections and consumption in Shanghai 303 Index 322