Chinese cities in the 21st century [electronic resource] / Youqin Huang, editors
- Bib ID:
- 8420347
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- Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020
- 1 online resource ( 338 p.) :
- ISBN:
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- 9783030347802 ((electronic bk.))
- 303034780X ((electronic bk.))
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9783030347796
- Full contents:
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- Intro
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Chapter 1: Introduction: New Urban Challenges in the Twenty-First Century
- A New Domestic and International Context
- The New Model of Urban Development
- Migrants' Inclusion and Affordable Housing
- Urban Sustainability
- Urban China as a Center for Academic Research and Policy Making
- References
- Part I: A New Domestic and International Context
- Chapter 2: Xi Jinping's Economic Policy and Chinese Urbanization
- The Shadow of Slowing Growth
- The Drive for Effective Top-Down Control
- The Xi Jinping Model of Economic Reform
- The Urban Fiscal System
- Migration and Urbanization
- Diversification of the Urban Landscape
- Investing in Cities
- New Cities, Satellite Cities, and New Urban Regions
- Smart Cities and the Promise of the Future
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3: Chinese Cities in the World-System's City System: 2001-2014
- World Cities and Their Network
- China's Cities in World City Networks
- Mainland China's Cities in the Global Corporate-City System, 2004-2014
- Discussion and Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4: Redeveloping Informal Settlements in China, India, and Brazil
- The Entrepreneurial Local State
- Disparate Approaches to Informal Settlements
- Inter-governmental Relations
- Political Regimes
- Municipal Revenue Structures
- Mobilization by Civil Society Groups
- Conclusion
- References
- Part II: The New Urban Economy
- Chapter 5: Urbanism in Chinese Local Development: An Institutional Approach
- Introduction
- Characterizing Chinese Transition and Development
- Chinese Growth from a Developmental State Perspective
- Growth-Targeting Authoritarianism
- Investment- and Export-Driven Growth
- Pro-business and Anti-labor Regime
- "Helping Hand" Government
- Developmentalism, Chinese Style: Institutions and Local State Choices
- Fiscal Reform and Revenue Imperative
- Factor Mobility and Regional Competition
- Industrial Linkage and Spillover
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Private Participation in China's Infrastructure: Experience and Prospects
- Introduction
- Private Participation in Infrastructure
- Estimated Returns of PPI Projects in China
- Return Analysis of Select PPI Projects
- Prospects for Private Investors
- Investment Environment
- Regulatory Risk
- Demand Risk
- General Business Risk
- Currency Risk
- Sector Prospects
- Water and Sewerage
- Energy
- Telecommunications
- Airports and Ports
- Toll Roads
- Municipal Utilities
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 7: Path Dependency, Central-Local Dialectic, and Structure and Agency: How Has Yuhang Transformed from the Rural to the Urban?
- Introduction
- Post-Reform Economic and Social Transformation: An Overview
- Breaking Up the Plan: Agricultural De-collectivization and TVE Development During 1978-1989
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- Description based upon print version of record.
- Privatization and Globalization: Rural Industrialization During 1990-1999
- Includes index.
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