1st Edition
Urbanization in China Town and Country in a Developing Economy 1949-2000 AD
By Richard J R Kirkby
Copyright 1985
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1985, Urbanisation in China is based on extensive original research and fieldwork, considers the whole problem of urbanisation in China. Starting with an outline of the pre-communist legacy, the author traces population changes and urban growth throughout the communist period, assesses policies aimed at restricting urban growth and contrasts the reality of urban China... Read more
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
1. China and Anti-Urbanism
2. Measures to Restrain Urban Population in the People’s Republic of China
3. The Definition of Urban Population in the People’s Republic of China
4. The PRC: A Series for Urban Population Growth, 1949-82
5. China’s Urban Population and its Changing Distribution
6. Urban Conditions in the Aftermath of the Mao Era – the Case of Housing
7. Modernisation of Agriculture and the Impact on the Agricultural Labour Force
8. Prospects for Future Urbanisation: Debates and Policies
9. Afterword
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Richard J R Kirkby
