Urbanisation and urban development issues are the focus of this comprehensive account which introduces readers to the far-reaching changes now taking place in Chinese cities.List of Figures.
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List of Contributors.
Preface.
Part I: Introduction to the New Chinese City:.
1. Three Challenges for the Chinese City: Globalization, Migration and Market Reform: John R Logan (University of Albany).
2. The Present Situation and Prospective Development of the Shanghai Urban Community: Duo Wu (East China Normal University) and Taibin Li (Shanghai Young Administrative Cadres College).
3. The Development of the Chinese Metropolis in the Period of Transition: Xiaopei Yan (Zhongshan University), Li Jia (Zhongshan University), Jianping Li (Zhongshan University) and Jizhuan Weng (Zhongshan University).
Part II: Globalization and Urban Development:.
4. The Prospect of International Cities in China: Yixing Zhou (Peking University).
5. An Entrepreneurial City in Action: Emerging Strategies for (Inter-) Urban Competition in Hong Kong: Ngai-Ling Sum (University of Lancaster).
6. The Hong Kong/Pearl River Delta Urban Region: An Emerging Transnational Mode of Regulation or Just Muddling Through?: Alan Smart (University of Calgary).
7. The State, Capital, and Urban Restructuring in Post-Reform Shanghai: Zhengji Fu (King's College London).
8. The Transformation of Suzhou: The Case of the Collaboration between the China and Singapore Governments and Transnational Corporations (1992-1999): Alexius Pereira (National University of Singapore).
Part III: Market Reform and the New Processes fo Urban Development:.
9. Market Transition and the Commodification ol£+