Ghost Cities of China

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Ghost Cities of China

The Story of Cities without People in the World's Most Populated Country

Urban communities Politics and government Central / national / federal government policies Regional / urban economics Human geography

Author: Wade Shepard

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Collection: Asian Arguments

Language: English

Published by: Zed Books

Published on: 9th April 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 232 pages

ISBN: 9781783602216


Ghost Cities of China

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 reasons why many currently stand empty.

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