In contrast with China’s coastal regions, where rural urbanisation has largely been a result of industrialisation, urbanisation in the once predominantly rural towns of the interior is sometimes driven by local government policies. This article focuses on a case study of Zhongdian (Shangri-la), where urbanisation has mainly been driven by tourism. It shows that while the problem of land seizures has been generally less violent in this sparsely populated area of the interior, the urbanisation of this ethnically diverse area of northern Yunnan has generated a distinct set of problems. While local officials have strong incentives to pursue policies that promote urbanisation, they have few incentives to pursue policies that promote equal access...
International audienceIn this article, we will discuss the process of compressed urbanization in Chi...
There is a concern that the growth of towns in China has been stalled recently and with it, the crea...
Contemporary discussions of urbanization and urban construction in China tend to focus on “ghost tow...
Article preprint. Accepted for publication in Territory, Politics, Governance, 12 October 2020. ABS...
This dissertation contains three chapters that examine development and urbanization in China since 1...
Despite a rate of urbanisation reaching 48 percent in 2010, China’s level of urbanisation lags relat...
Understanding urbanization and evaluating its impact are vital for formulating global sus-tainable d...
China has attained a miraculous two digit economic growth in the last three decades. Contributing to...
This paper argues that contemporary experiences of social exclusion and interethnic conflict in the ...
China’s twenty-first century economic rise has had a powerful impact on the lives of Tibetans and ot...
Rapid economic development has induced urbanisation in China. Urbanisation and deurbanisation strate...
Summary. China’s spaces of urbanisation in the 1980s and early 1990s were occupied primarily by the ...
This article focuses on the lived experiences of people who have moved to Zouping, a rapidly urbanis...
As a consequence of the rapid, government-led and globally fuelled urban development that is occurri...
Between 1978 and 2004, the number of urban dwellers in China rose from 170 million to 540 million, t...
International audienceIn this article, we will discuss the process of compressed urbanization in Chi...
There is a concern that the growth of towns in China has been stalled recently and with it, the crea...
Contemporary discussions of urbanization and urban construction in China tend to focus on “ghost tow...
Article preprint. Accepted for publication in Territory, Politics, Governance, 12 October 2020. ABS...
This dissertation contains three chapters that examine development and urbanization in China since 1...
Despite a rate of urbanisation reaching 48 percent in 2010, China’s level of urbanisation lags relat...
Understanding urbanization and evaluating its impact are vital for formulating global sus-tainable d...
China has attained a miraculous two digit economic growth in the last three decades. Contributing to...
This paper argues that contemporary experiences of social exclusion and interethnic conflict in the ...
China’s twenty-first century economic rise has had a powerful impact on the lives of Tibetans and ot...
Rapid economic development has induced urbanisation in China. Urbanisation and deurbanisation strate...
Summary. China’s spaces of urbanisation in the 1980s and early 1990s were occupied primarily by the ...
This article focuses on the lived experiences of people who have moved to Zouping, a rapidly urbanis...
As a consequence of the rapid, government-led and globally fuelled urban development that is occurri...
Between 1978 and 2004, the number of urban dwellers in China rose from 170 million to 540 million, t...
International audienceIn this article, we will discuss the process of compressed urbanization in Chi...
There is a concern that the growth of towns in China has been stalled recently and with it, the crea...
Contemporary discussions of urbanization and urban construction in China tend to focus on “ghost tow...