دانلود کتاب The Chinese City

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Cover The Chinese City Copyright Contents List of figures List of tables List of boxes Introduction History and context Contemporary forces Understanding China’s urbanization Using this book Bibliography Part I History and context 1 Geographical setting The physical environment Economic base Population and peoples Conclusion Bibliography 2 The historical urban system Thinking about the historical Chinese urban system How many Chinese cities were there? How large were they? The early traditional period (206 BC–AD 589) China’s “medieval urban revolution” (589–1368) Cities of the late imperial period (1368–1911) Foreign empires expand into China: Treaty Port cities (1911–1949) Conclusion Bibliography 3 Traditional urban forms Urban plan and layout Monumental structures Neighborhoods and markets in traditional Chinese cities Treaty Port (1842–1949) and Republican (1911–1949) eras Conclusion Bibliography Part II Urbanization 4 The urban system since How big are China’s cities? How many cities are there? Shifting urban development in the Maoist period (1949–1979) The urban system during the reform era The Chinese urban system today Conclusion Bibliography 5 Urban–rural divide, socialist institutions, and migration Urban–rural divide and its roots Population mobility and migration Migrants in the city Conclusion Bibliography 6 Cities in the global economy Toward an open economy Becoming “factory of the world” Moving toward knowledge-based and consumer economies Conclusion Bibliography Part III Urban development 7 Urban restructuring and economic transformation Revamping the urban economic landscape Harnessing human resources Redistributing economic growth Conclusion Bibliography 8 Social–spatial transformation Changing urban forms Work and accessibility Spatial reconfiguration and expansion Conclusion Bibliography 9 Urban infrastructure The state of urban infrastructure Financing urban infrastructure Challenges Conclusion Bibliography 10 Urban land and housing Legacies of state socialism Transition into land leasehold Housing reforms and implications Conclusion Bibliography Part IV Urban life 11 Environmental quality and sustainability State of the urban environment Strategies for environmental sustainability Environmental management Conclusion Bibliography 12 Lifestyle and social change Shopping and consumerism: changing landscapes and lifestyles Public spaces and entertainment Growing old in urban China Crime and urban neighborhoods Communities of difference: sexual preference, ethnicity, and art Conclusion Bibliography 13 Urban governance and civil society Reorganization of the state Developmental state in the making Evolving state–society relations Conclusion Bibliography Conclusion: looking toward the future Future urbanization Challenges for China’s cities Implications for the world Bibliography Index