DESCRIPTION :
Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their sources. Offers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China Highlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration, criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women, suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations Each chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology, geography, economics, planning, political science, history, demography, architecture, or anthropology An alternative theoretical perspective comparing the Chinese experience with other urban settings in the United States, Poland, Russia, Vietnam, East and South East Asia, and South America

PRODUCT DETAILS :

ISBN : 9781405161466
EDITED BY Logan, John R.
PUBLISHER : John Wiley and Sons Ltd	PUBLICATION DATE : December 18, 2007
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom	IMPRINT : Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
LANGUAGE : English	AGE : Professional & Vocational
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback

DIMENSION : 227 mm x 152 mm
WEIGHT : 544 g
SERIES : IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
Society & Social Sciences

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