China's Urban Billion : the story behind the biggest migration in human history / Tom Miller.

Over the past thirty years, China?s cities became home to 500 million new residents. China?s urban population is on track to reach 1 billion by 2030. The rapid expansion of urban China is astonishing, but new policies are urgently needed to create healthier cities. Combining on-the-ground reportage...

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Main Author: Miller, Tom (Journalist) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Zed Books, 2012.
Series:Asian arguments.
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Summary:Over the past thirty years, China?s cities became home to 500 million new residents. China?s urban population is on track to reach 1 billion by 2030. The rapid expansion of urban China is astonishing, but new policies are urgently needed to create healthier cities. Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, this pivotal book explains why China has failed to reap many of the economic and social benefits of urbanization, and suggests how these problems can be resolved.
Physical Description:1 online resource (202 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-186) and index.
ISBN:9781780321431
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9781780321448
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9781780321424
9781283754637
1283754630
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.