Connecting cities : China
Dublin Core
Titre
Connecting cities : China
Sujet
China, Chine, métropole, croissance urbaine, urbanisation, économie, mégapole, mondialisation
Description
Extract from the introduction by Chris Johnson :
Beijing was the first city of modernity to reach one million - the benchmark to be a member of Metropolis. For the past millenium Chinese cities have ranked in the world's top three.
The importance of cities to China's development clearly has stretched over 1,000 years, but there is a new renaissance in the country that is now driving growth into many cities. With 119 cities over one million people and 36 over two million, it is clear that the future of China will depend very much on how these cities are managed, how they grow and how they handle issues like climate change. This book examines the rise of the Chinese dragon through the development of its cities. There are more people living in cities in China than any other country in the world, but our understanding of these cities in a global context needs to be lifted to higher levels.
