Introduction
Part 1: Context and Evolution of Urbanization
1. Geographical Setting
2. Traditional Cities
3. Pre-Socialist Urbanization
4. Urbanization since 1949
5. Migration and Population Mobility
Part 2: Urban Development
6. Urban Economy
7. Governing the City
8. Land Markets and Management
9. Urban Infrastructure
10. Urban Housing
Part 3: Society and Environment in Contemporary Cities
11. Social-Spatial Transformation
12. Lifestyle and Social Change
13. Poverty and Inequality
14. Environmental Quality and Sustainability
15. Conclusion: Looking toward the Future
Biography
Weiping Wu is a Professor in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University. She is an internationally known urban scholar working on global urbanization with specific expertise in issues of migration, housing, infrastructure, and land finance of Chinese cities. Her most recent book is the SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China.
Piper Gaubatz is Professor of Urban Geography at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her China research over the past 30 years has spanned topics such as the historical development of cities on the Chinese frontiers, urban environmental history, and changing urban form and public space, and has included field research in sixteen different Chinese cities.
