TY  - BOOK
AU  - Friedmann,John
TI  - China's urban transition
SN  - 0816646147
AV  - HT384.C6 F75 2005
U1  - 307.760951 22
PY  - 2005///]
CY  - Minneapolis
PB  - University of Minnesota Press
KW  - Urbanization
KW  - China
KW  - Local government
KW  - Civil society
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - 2000-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Becoming urban in China -- Historical traces -- Regional policies -- Urbanization of the countryside -- New spatial mobilities -- Expanding spaces of personal autonomy -- The governance of city-building -- Backward into the future -- --; Introduction : becoming urban in China --; 1; Historical traces --; 2; Regional policies --; 3; Urbanization of the countryside --; 4; New spatial mobilities --; 5; Expanding spaces of personal autonomy --; 6; The governance of city-building --; Conclusion : backward into the future
N2  - China has an urban history stretching back more than 5,000 years, but it is only very recently that the country has undergone urbanisation on the scale of a widespread social transformation. This study takes a look at this phenomenon in the context of rapid economic development
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/cdc051/2004022458.html
ER  -