Governing the urban in China and India : land grabs, slum clearance, and the war on air pollution / Xuefei Ren.

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"Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. One-sixth of humanity now lives in either a Chinese or Indian city. This transformation has unleashed enormous pressures on land use, housing, and the environment. Despite the stakes, the workings of u...

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Uniform Title:Princeton studies in contemporary China.
Main Author: Ren, Xuefei (Author)
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Princeton studies in contemporary China.
Subjects:
Urban policy > China.
Urban policy > India.
City planning > China.
City planning > India.
Urbanization > Government policy > China.
Urbanization > Government policy > India.
City planning.
Urban policy.
Urbanization > Government policy.
China.
India.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection.
Physical Description:xiii, 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • What is urban about urban China and India?
  • Land grabs and protests from Wukan to Singur
  • Urban redevelopment in Guangzhou and Mumbai
  • Airpocalypse in Beijing and Delhi
  • Territorial and associational politics in historical perspective.