Coordinating Urban and Rural Development in China: Learning from Chengdu
Author(s): Ye Yumin (Author), Richard LeGates (Author)
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Publication Date: 30 Sept. 2013
Language: English
Print length: 424 pages
ISBN-10: 1781952027
ISBN-13: 9781781952023
Book Description
This detailed study offers a succinct yet comprehensive introduction to China’s crucial policy to coordinate urban and rural development. It describes the theoretical, political, and economic reasons why China allowed a large gap between urban and rural incomes, public services, and quality of life to emerge, and the recent national and local government efforts to narrow this inequality.
The authors draw primarily on extensive field research and experience in Chengdu, China’s leading pilot region for the policy. They describe and explain Chengdu’s governmental, administrative, economic, political, and planning system reforms and their accomplishments in clarifying land use rights, rationalizing industrial zones, modernizing agriculture, implementing regional planning, and equalizing infrastructure and services. Coordinating urban and rural development is one of the most pressing problems facing developing countries today. This book places China’s experience in context and explains what other cities in China and throughout the developing world can learn from Chengdu as they develop and urbanize.
This important book will appeal to academics and policymakers interested in urban planning, economics and development in China, Asia, and elsewhere. It will undoubtedly become an indispensable resource for urbanizing countries throughout the world.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘This extraordinary case study of Chengdu, China breaks new ground in the understanding of 21st century urbanization. Its detailed coverage of critical policy changes and practice illuminates our understanding of the rapid changes and important adaptive responses that China has forged to accommodate massive demographic and economic shifts that this country and many others around the world are experiencing. Its impeccable scholarship and clear explanations make this book the key guide and authoritative reference on this topic.’ — Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, US
‘The new Chinese leadership announced in 2013 that “new approaches of urbanization” should be the future of China. Our experience so far has been limited to the coastal region. The collaboration between Ye Cumin, a scholar based in China with in-depth knowledge, and Richard LeGates, a researcher with extensive western experience, resulted in this fruitful publication, providing insights from Chengdu, about integrated urban-rural development. This is a fascinating story and timely contribution to urban China research.’ — Fulong Wu, University College London, UK
‘This book provides a vivid picture of the urban-rural coordinated development of Chengdu, and has important reference value for other developing regions in reducing urban-rural disparity through institutional reform.’ — Li Tian, Tongji University
‘Ye and LeGates offer a richly detailed and up-to-date study of Chengdu, China’s widely celebrated initiative to integrate urban and rural development. They build upon, but also expand, the pioneering scholarship of Terry McGee on the peri-urban phenomenon. The fate of rural areas surrounding rapidly expanding urban megacities like Chengdu is a global challenge for planners that will benefit from the critical assessment offered in this volume.’ — Christopher Silver, University of Florida, US
About the Author
YE Yumin, Dean and Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Management, Renmin University of China and Richard LeGates, Emeritus Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, San Francisco State University, US
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