Urban Transformation in China

This book provides a general description and evaluation of the process of urbanization in China and the urgent challenges facing the Chinese government. Urban Transformation in China examines the changing pattern of China's urban population and the determinants of these changes, including an analysis of the spatial structures of China's cities and industry and an assessment of urban productivity growth and the role of mega cities in national development. The book's coverage encompasses both academic and policy perspectives. With its sister volume Urbanization and Social Welfare in China it provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of the country’s urbanization process.

Contents: Preface, D. Gale Johnson; Introduction, Aimin Chen, Gordon G. Liu and Kevin H. Zhang. Characteristics of China's Urbanization: Can agricultural labor adjustment occur primarily through creation of rural nonfarm jobs in China?, D. Gale Johnson; The evolution of China's urban transformation since 1949, Kevin H. Zhang; Political capacity and demographic change: a study of China with a comparison to India, Yi Feng and Siddharth Swaminathan; Structure and strategy for in situ rural urbanization, Qi Hong Dong. Changing Urban Population: Determinants of urban migration, Aimin Chen and N. Edward Coulson; Urban population in the reform era, Jeff Kejing Xie and Kevin Honglin Zhang; Floating population: definitions, data, and recent findings, Daniel Goodkind and Loraine A. West; Hukou systems and migration controls, Fei-Ling Wang. Urban Spatial Structures: Spatial dynamics of city-size distribution, Shunfeng Song and Kevin H. Zhang; Spatial distribution of industries and cities: Coordination between industrial and urban development, Mei Wen; How do industrialization and urbanization affect land use?, Xiaobo Zhang. Urban Growth and Productivity: Urban economic growth, Shuanglin Lin and Shunfeng Song; Agglomeration economics in Chinese cities: an empirical study, Zuohong Pan and Fan Zhang; Hong Kong: from entrepot to manufacturing and then to producer services, Zhigang Tao and Y.C. Richard Wong; Shanghai rising: resurgence of China's New York City?, Hanchao Lu; About the editors; Index.