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Urbanization and Its Impact in Contemporary China

Part of the Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path Book Series

Editors: Li, Peilin

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2342-3

ISBN: 978-981-13-2341-6

Publisher: Springer Singapore - Springer Journals

Apr 3, 2019

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Urbanization and the New Phase of Growth in China

Li, Peilin

Pages: 1 –20

[China has already stepped beyond the initial stage of development and entered a new stage of growth. In this new stage, the characteristics of Chinese development as well as the problems and challenges to be addressed have changed profoundly. Such issues as increasing labor costs, decreasing...
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Urbanization and Improvements in People’s Living Standards: An Overview

Li, Wei; Fan, Lei; Zhang, Liping; Diao, Pengfei; Cui, Yan

Pages: 21 –60

[The year 2011 deserves special attention when it comes to China’s urbanization process. A historic milestone was reached in the country’s demographic structure as the urban population outnumbered the rural population for the first time in history.]
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Consumption Patterns Among Urban and Rural Residents

Tian, Feng

Pages: 61 –82

[Along with the rapid development of the economy, profound changes have taken place in China, with changes in daily consumption patterns standing out. Corresponding changes in consumption in terms of quantity and quality of food, daily necessities and durable consumer goods also have taken place...
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Urbanization and Labor Market Segmentation

Fan, Lei

Pages: 83 –112

[The coordinated development of population urbanization and employment in urban areas is an important issue in the process of China’s economic and social development. On the one hand, the rapid development of population urbanization may intensify the contradictions between the supply and demand...
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Urbanization and Social Integration Among Migrant Workers

Li, Peilin; Tian, Feng

Pages: 113 –136

[In 2011, the urban population of China surpassed 690 million with an urbanization rate reaching 51.3%, breaking the landmark 50% mark (National Bureau of Statistics of China 2012). It took 30 years for China to urbanize, a staggering development which took western countries more than 100 years...
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Educational Opportunity Growth and Inequality Between Urban and Rural Education

Li, Chunling

Pages: 137 –159

[The issue of educational inequality has always been at the core of social gradation research, as the distribution of educational opportunities among the population greatly impacts the course of social gradation and, at the same time, distribution is an important measure of social equity. In any...
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Urbanization and the Growth of the Middle Class

Zhu, Di

Pages: 161 –186

[China is now in the midst of a process of economic restructuring in which economic growth mainly relies on domestic consumption. There are two major driving forces behind this process, one is mass consumption and the other is urbanization and industrialization. China has already entered a phase...
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Research Findings and Suggestions

Li, Peilin

Pages: 187 –193

[Focusing on urbanization, this book probes into and analyzes problems related to China’s urbanization and possible solutions from the perspectives of consumption, employment, education, social security, social stratification and social integration. In this concluding chapter we summarize the...

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