The end of the village : planning the urbanization of rural China / Nick R. Smith.

"How China's expansive new era of urbanization threatens to undermine the foundations of rural life. Centered on the mountainous region of Chongqing, which serves as an experimental site for the country’s new urban development policies, The End of the Village analyzes the radical expansion of...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Globalization and community ; v. 33.
Main Author: Smith, Nick R. (Professor of urban studies) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2021]
Series:Globalization and community ; v. 33.
Subjects:
Urbanization > China.
Rural development > China.
Rural-urban relations > China.
Urban policy > China.
China > Rural conditions.
Rural conditions.
Rural development.
Rural-urban relations.
Urban policy.
Urbanization.
China.
Physical Description:324 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: China's New Era of Urbanization
  • Urbanization by Other Means: Planning under Urban-Rural Coordination
  • Village Growth Machine: Charismatic Authority and the Urbanization of the Party
  • Living on the Edge: Residents' Urban-Rural Strategies of Survival
  • Coordinative Planning: Property, Politics, and Uncertainty at the Urban-Rural Edge
  • Village-as-the-City: Land Commodification, Shareholding, and Self-Urbanization
  • The End of the Village: Experiences of Displacement
  • Conclusion: Disjunctural Urbanization.