1st Edition
Urban Development in Post-Reform China State, Market, and Space
1. Post-Reform Urban Conditions Part 1: Market Logic 2. Establishing the Land Market 3. Establishing the Housing Market 4. Market Configuration and Actors in Urban Development Part 2: The State in Action 5. State, Governance and Land Management 6. Changing City Planning: From Resource Allocation to Place Promotion 7. Entrepreneurial City and Competitive Urban Strategies Part 3 : New Spaces 8. Urban Redevelopment and Changing City Centre 9. Sprawl, Suburbia and Migrant Enclaves Part 4: Conclusion 10. Conclusions: Market, State and Space
Biography
Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Fulong Wu, Jiang Xu
'...every specialist interested in [this books] subject matter should have a copy at their side.' - Reviewed by John Friedmann for Housing Studies
Fulong Wu, Jiang Xu and Anthony Gar-On Yeh's Urban Development in Post-Reform China is the most comprehensive and analytical work on China's evolving urban lans markets published to date. The authours have done a masterful job of synthesizing a diverse range of urban land market research and policy.
Reviewed by David E Dowall Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California - China Information
'This is a superb book, rich in conceptual ideas and empirical details. It should be on the bookshelves of all urban scholars, China specialists included. One will be surprised by how much one can learn from the book.'- Laurence J. C. Ma University of Akron, Urban Studies Journal, May 2008
Urban Management is a valuable addition to the growing literature on Chinese cities. It has drawn on the authors’ sustained research on Chinese cities, particularly Shanghai and Guangzhou, over many years. It is packed with useful information, insights, anecdotes and good illustrations. Yue-man yeung Chinese University of Hong Kong
