This book explores the process of urbanization and the profound challenges to Chinas urban governance. Economic productivity continues to rise, with increasingly uneven distribution of prosperity and accumulation of wealth. The emergence of individual autonomy including demands for more freedom and participation in the governing process has asked for a change of the traditional top-down control system. The vertical devolution between the central and local states and horizontal competition among local governments produced an uneasy political dynamics in Chinese cities. Many existing publications analyze the urban transformation in China but few focuses on the governance challenges. It is critical to investigate Chinas urbanization, paying special attention to its challenges to urban governance. This edited volume fills this gap by organizing ten chapters of distinctive urban development and governance issues.?
Part I Regional Outlook and Urban Transformation
Chapter 1
The Changing Industrial Transformation in the Pearl River Delta: Issues, Challenges and Intergovernmental Coordination
Chapter 2
Emerging Urban-Regions in Central China: Case of Upper Yangtze River Delta
Chapter 3
The New Global Economy and New Direction of Chinas Urbanization
Part II Urban Redevelopment, Housing Inequality and City Branding
Chapter 4
A Genealogy of Redevelopment in Chinese Cities
Chapter 5
Creativity and Inequality: The Dual Path of Chinas Urban Development
Chapter 6
Urban Development and Branding Strategies for Emerging Global Cities in China
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