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Ghost cities of China : the story of cities without people in the world's most populated country /
Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Asian arguments.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue-driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reas. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781783602209 1783602201 9781783602216 178360221X 9781783602223 1783602228 1783602198 9781783602193 178360218X 9781783602186 1350220388 9781350220386 |