Wade Shepard: Ghost Cities of China

Cover: 9781783602186 | Ghost Cities of China | Wade Shepard | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2015

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Beschreibung

Over the next couple of decades, it is estimated that 250 million Chinese citizens will move from rural areas into cities, pushing the country's urban population over one billion. China has built hundreds of new cities and urban districts over the past thirty years, and hundreds more are set to be built by 2030 as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. As China redraws its map with new cities, it isn't just creating new urban areas, but also engineering a new culture and way of life. Yet, many of these new cities, such as the infamous Kangbashi and Yujiapu, stand nearly empty, construction having ground to a halt due to the loss of investors and colossal debt. In Ghost Cities of China, Wade Shepard examines this phenomenon up close. He posits that the shedding of traditional social structures in the country is at an advanced stage, and a rootless, consumption-centric globalized culture is rapidly taking its place. Incorporating interviews and on-the-ground investigation, Ghost Cities of China examines China's under-populated modern cities and the country's overly ambitious building program.

Über den Autor

Wade Shepard

Zusammenfassung

Looking through the lens of new cities, Ghost Cities of China shows the 'new society' that's being created to live in them.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The New Map of China
2. Clearing the Land
3. Of New Cities and Ghost Cities
4. When Construction Ends the Building Begins
5. Megacities Inside of Megacities
6. A New City, A New Identity
7. No Going Back
8. Powering the New China
9. Staying Afloat
10. What Ghost Cities Become

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781783602186
ISBN-10:	178360218X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Shepard, Wade
Redaktion:	French, Paul
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Wade Shepard
Erscheinungsdatum:	09.04.2015
Gewicht:	0,336 kg

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