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...
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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Zed Books
[2015]
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Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Asian arguments. |
Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35628881*spi |
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 recurso electrónico : mapa |
Formato: | Forma de acceso: World Wide Web. |
Bibliografía: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. |
ISBN: | 9781783602209 9781783602216 9781783602223 9781783602193 9781783602186 |