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Book SynopsisChina's urbanization has stunned the world in the past two decades- but as the authors of this book explain, the growth is only set to continue. The divide between urban and rural citizens in China implicates every aspect of Chinese life, from education to pollution to healthcare. In this book, one of China's most celebrated academic urbanists and a major urban planner collaborate in laying out and analyzing the problems of China's urban-rural divide, experiences of urbanization, and what the future holds. This book is a must read, not only for the accurate summaries of China's developmental experience it includes, but also for the insights it provides into the mentalities of the government officials and private developers who are creating realities on the ground in Chinese cities.
Table of ContentsChapter One Introduction: Urbanization is the Inexorable Trend of China's Development/00I. What is the basic pattern of rural development? / 00
II. The urbanization level determines the success of China's future development / 00
III. Take the path of people-oriented urbanization / 0
IV. What is the urban-rural social economic integration? / 0
V. The possibility that a high level of urbanization is achieved in China / 0
VI. Urban-rural integration development needs renewal of thinking and policy adjustments /0
Chapter Two Definitions of City and Countryside and Their Policy Implications / 0
I. Practical significance of determining the urban and rural boundary / 0
II. Discussions about the smallest city size/ 0
III. International experience in the formation of urban and rural boundary/ 0
IV. Discussions about several realistic issues and policy adjustments concerning definitions of city and countryside/ 0
Chapter Three Injustice in Urban-Rural Dual System and Correction Path/ 0
I. Meanings of several concepts/ 0
II. The possibility that both efficiency and equality are damaged under the dual system/ 0
III. Injustice in the dual system/ 0
IV. Rural poverty eradication goal and path/ 0
V. Urban-rural integration path/ 0
Chapter Four Labor Force Transfer and Enhancement of Agricultural Competitiveness/ 0I. Situation of rural labor surplus——examination of farmers' labor time/ 0
II. Path for enhancing China's agricultural competitiveness/ 0
III. How can small rural households improve scale operation?/ 0
IV. Promoting the urban-rural integration by focusing on urbanization/ 0
Chapter Five Land System Reform/
I. Agricultural competitiveness and land system/
II. Several understanding issues to be addressed/
III. Land property right system reform/
IV. How to reform the government's land management system?/
Chapter Six Adjustment of Rural Development Concept in China
I. Agricultural romanticism of industrialists/
II. Agricultural romanticism of cultural saviors/
III. Agricultural romanticism of rural elites/
IV. Agricultural romanticism of philanthropists/
V. Agricultural romanticism from integration of government administration and economic management
VI. Agricultural romanticism of anarchical market school/
VII. Agricultural romanticism of physiocrats/
VIII. Agricultural romanticism of fundamentalist organic school/
IX. Agricultural romanticism of zero growth school
X. Utopian romanticism of robbing the rich to feed the poor/
Chapter Seven Realization of urban-rural social governance integration/
I. Rural governance goals and task analysis/
II. Behavioral logic of political participation /
III. Overcoming difficulties in rural old-age care in China/
IV. Social governance amid rural population decline/
V. Significance of reform explorations about arrangement of self-governing bodies towards the lower levels/
Chapter Eight Urban-rural land planning management reform/
I. Introduction of issues/
II. The basis for land planning management reform/
III. Discussions about several major issues/
IV. Land planning management reform: several conclusive suggestions/
Chapter Nine Urban-Rural Development and Planning Innovations/
I. Re-understanding of city/
II. Generation and planning of city charm/
III. How to achieve compact development/
IV. Debate on small cities/
V. Issues and methods concerning rural planning/
VI. Diversity of public participation and planning/
Chapter Ten The Netherlands’s Coordinated Urban and Rural Development and Enlightenment Thereof
I. Highly developed agriculture in the Netherlands——take the development of the dairy industry as an example/
II. Secrets of agricultural achievements in the Netherlands/
III. The Netherlands' urban and rural land use planning/
IV. Inspirations of the Netherlands' development experience for China/
