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.

chapter 5|20 pages

Transforming oil-mining cities in post-reform China

A case study of Daqing 1

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 1

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