Urban Development in Post-Reform China: State, Market, and Space / Edition 1

by Fulong Wu, Jiang Xu, Anthony Gar-On Yeh

Overview

Radically reoriented under market reform, Chinese cities present both the landscapes of the First and Third World, and are increasingly playing a critical role in the country’s economic development. Yet, radical marketization co-exists with the ever-presence of state control. Exploring the interaction of China’s market development, state regulation and the resulting transformation and creation of new urban spaces, this innovative, key book provides the first integrated treatment of China’s urban development in the dynamic market transition.

Focusing on land and housing development, the authors, all renowned authorities in this field, show how the market has been ‘created’ under post-reform urban conditions, and examine ‘the state in action’, highlighting how changing urban governance towards local entrepreneurial state facilitates market formation. A significant, original contribution, they highlight the key actors and their institutional contexts.

China has been very successful in using urban land development as an economic growth engine, and here the authors investigate complex interactions between the market and state in creating this new urbanism. Taking a unique perspective, they marshal original ideas and empirical work based on field studies and collaborative work with colleagues in China.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415393591
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/16/2006
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anthony Gar-On Yeh, Fulong Wu, Jiang Xu

Table of Contents

1. Post-Reform Urban Conditions Part 1: Market Logic 2. Establishing the Land Market 3. Establishing the Housing Market 4. Market Configuration and Actors in Urban Development Part 2: The State in Action 5. State, Governance and Land Management 6. Changing City Planning: From Resource Allocation to Place Promotion 7. Entrepreneurial City and Competitive Urban Strategies Part 3 : New Spaces 8. Urban Redevelopment and Changing City Centre 9. Sprawl, Suburbia and Migrant Enclaves Part 4: Conclusion 10. Conclusions: Market, State and Space