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Urban China in the New Era

Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward

  • Zhiming Cheng
  • Mark Wang
  • Junhua Chen
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About this book

Introduction

This book aims to provide a scholarly account of recent understandings and reflections on some of the prevalent and emerging issues in urban and regional China, such as urbanization, inequality, hukou (household registration) reforms, labor relations, not-in-my-backyard protests, and environmental governance. Presenting rich data analysis and case studies, these book chapters together utilize multidisciplinary approaches and contribute to the empirical and theoretical literature in development studies.

Keywords

Economic reforms Environment Ethnic minority Hukou Income inequality Migrant worker Urban China Urban environmental governance Urban labour market Urbanization

Editors and affiliations

  • Zhiming Cheng
    • 1
  • Mark Wang
    • 2
  • Junhua Chen
    • 3
  1. 1.School of EconomicsThe University of WollongongWollongongAustralia
  2. 2.Department of Resource Management and GeographThe University of MelbourneMelbourneAustralia
  3. 3.School of Management Science and EngineeringCentral University of Finance and EconomicsChina

Bibliographic information

  • Book Title Urban China in the New Era
  • Book Subtitle Market Reforms, Current State, and the Road Forward
  • Editors Zhiming Cheng
    Mark Wang
    Junhua Chen
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54227-5
  • Copyright Information Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
  • Publisher Name Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
  • eBook Packages Business and Economics Economics and Finance (R0)
  • Hardcover ISBN 978-3-642-54226-8
  • Softcover ISBN 978-3-662-52552-4
  • eBook ISBN 978-3-642-54227-5
  • Edition Number 1
  • Number of Pages XIII, 183
  • Number of Illustrations 11 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour
  • Topics Labor Economics
    Migration
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