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Through observing diverse neighbourhoods, Creating Chinese Urbanism reveals the profound impacts of marketisation on Chinese society and the consequential governance changes at the grassroots level.

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'For its careful documentation of urban transformation this book has made a quite monumental contribution to urban studies and should find its place on he shelves of urban scholars no matter their regional emphasis.' Eurasian Geography and Economics 'Creating Chinese Urbanism is a genuinely compelling book. On the one hand, it embarks on a path of retheorising Chinese urbanisation as a process during which social orders and modes of associations are fundamentally altered, an inquiry that has hitherto been under-scrutinised in urban China studies. On the other hand, the empirical materials presented in the book are extremely rich, drawing upon the author's three decades of research' Urban Studies

'Creating Chinese Urbanism is a genuinely compelling book. On the one hand, it embarks on a path of retheorising Chinese urbanisation as a process during which social orders and modes of associations are fundamentally altered, an inquiry that has hitherto been under-scrutinised in urban China studies. On the other hand, the empirical materials presented in the book are extremely rich, drawing upon the author's three decades of research' Urban Studies 'This book is arguably one of the most comprehensive and illuminating works on Chinese urbanism. With its accessible writing style, vividly documented case studies and cutting-edge analysis, anyone who wants to learn more about the historical geography of urban China would benefit greatly from reading it.' International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 'A significant and ground-breaking contribution on an important topic, this book draws on an impressive reservoir of both English- and Chinese-language studies' The China Quarterly 'For its careful documentation of urban transformation this book has made a quite monumental contribution to urban studies and should find its place on he shelves of urban scholars no matter their regional emphasis.' Eurasian Geography and Economics

'Creating Chinese Urbanism is a genuinely compelling book. On the one hand, it embarks on a path of retheorising Chinese urbanisation as a process during which social orders and modes of associations are fundamentally altered, an inquiry that has hitherto been under-scrutinised in urban China studies. On the other hand, the empirical materials presented in the book are extremely rich, drawing upon the author's three decades of research' Urban Studies 'Creating Chinese Urbanism is a genuinely compelling book. On the one hand, it embarks on a path of retheorising Chinese urbanisation as a process during which social orders and modes of associations are fundamentally altered, an inquiry that has hitherto been under-scrutinised in urban China studies. On the other hand, the empirical materials presented in the book are extremely rich, drawing upon the author's three decades of research.' Urban Studies Journal

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Fulong Wu is Professor of Planning at UCL. His research interests include urban development in China and its social and sustainable challenges. He is the author of Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China (2015), co-author of Urban Development in Post-reform China (2007) and Urban Poverty in China (2010), editor of Globalization and the Chinese City (2006) and China’s Emerging Cities (2007), and co-editor of Marginalization in Urban China (2010) and Rural Migrants in Urban China (2013).

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