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OverviewBringing together scholars from China and the West, this study offers an innovative overview of the urbanisation of China by focussing on the rural fringe and the centrality of its management in an attempt to ensure more sustainable paths of development. Challenging the current discourse on modernisation in China that focuses solely on the urban rather than the rural, this book provides insights into the current massive urbanisation that is taking place from a different angle. What is happening beyond the urban areas reveals the conflictive nature of the fast-changing Chinese society, still marked by a dual institutional urban-rural system, a growing income gap, a diverse life style and social status. However, the dense rural fringe of Chinese mega-city regions can be also conceived as an extraordinary laboratory where one can observe how the legacy of the old agricultural society coexists, in an original and rather unique way, with new forms of urbanity. Besides examining the evident urban-rural conflicts generated, this book looks at the prospective synergies of this linkage. A re-conceptualisation of the rural dimensions of cities in a fast urbanising context equips practitioners, scholars and students with new analytical tools to observe an unprecedented and complex great urban transition. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Xiaonan Zhang , Yiwen Wang , Dr. Giulio VerdiniPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited Edition: New edition ISBN: 9781472443571ISBN 10: 1472443578 Pages: 218 Publication Date: 28 February 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Electronic book text Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Preface, Giulio Verdini; The rural fringe in China: existing conflicts and prospective urban-rural synergies, Giulio Verdini; Collaborative approaches for planning the rural areas of Chinese cities, Yu Guo and Sheng Zhong; The rising Chinese middle class and the `construction' of a new countryside, John Sturzaker and Andrew Law; The intermediate role of medium-sized cities in China between ultra-dense rural areas and ultra-large cities, Abigail-Laure Kern, Marlene Leroux and Jean-Claude Bolay; Rural regeneration in the Yangtze River Delta: the challenge and potential for rural heritage tourism development, Yi-Wen Wang; Rural-urban edge: a review of spatial planning representation and policy discourse in the Pearl River Delta, Francesca Frassoldati and Dongjin Qi; Preservation and sustainable development of suburban historical villages: a case study of Dayuwan Village in Wuhan, Shidan Cheng , Yang Yu and Rongbo Hu; Public participation in contested spatial planning: learning from a failed urban development project, Lei Sun and Xiaonan Zhang; A pedagogical approach to designing the future of China's urban fringe, Rebecca Kiddle, Joon Sik Kim and Bing Chen; Point of view, Paolo Ceccarelli; Conclusions, Giulio Verdini; Index.Reviews`With so much attention focused on Chinese mega-cities, this book offers fresh and valuable insights. Indeed, rural China has been washed over by city growth but as this timely book shows, traditional culture remains. For everyone interested in sustainability, cultural conservation and balanced growth, I highly recommend it.'Jeffrey L. Soule, Director, International Programs, American Planning Association, USA`The past decades have witnessed a rapid urbanisation in China. The changes in the rural fringe of China's cities present the best examples to researchers for investigating the transition of urban-rural fringe in the context of industrialisation, globalisation, political decentralisation, economic reforms and social democratisation. This book is the finest collection of scholarly essays I know on this topic.' Pengjun Zhao, Peking University, China `With so much attention focused on Chinese mega-cities, this book offers fresh and valuable insights. Indeed, rural China has been washed over by city growth but as this timely book shows, traditional culture remains. For everyone interested in sustainability, cultural conservation and balanced growth, I highly recommend it.'Jeffrey L. Soule, Director, International Programs, American Planning Association, USA`The past decades have witnessed a rapid urbanisation in China. The changes in the rural fringe of China's cities present the best examples to researchers for investigating the transition of urban-rural fringe in the context of industrialisation, globalisation, political decentralisation, economic reforms and social democratisation. This book is the finest collection of scholarly essays I know on this topic.' Pengjun Zhao, Peking University, China Author InformationGiulio Verdini, PhD in Economics, Urban and Regional Development, from the University of Ferrara, is Associate Professor in Urban Planning and Design and Co-Director of the Research Institute of Urbanisation at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, People's Republic of China. Dr. Yiwen Wang, PhD in Architecture from the University of Nottingham, is Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, People's Republic of China. Dr. Xiaonan Zhang, PhD in Urban Geography at University of Salford, UK, is the former Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi'an Jiaotong- Liverpool University, People's Republic of China. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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