END 395/AS395 Urban China in Transition: Library Resources
Library & Internet Sources
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Academic Search CompleteComprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database. More InfoFull-TextUB ONLY
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Ethnic NewsWatchEthnic News Watch is a full text news resource focusing on ethnic and minority presses. It covers a total of 340 publications, especially ethnic presses and publications.
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EverythingThe "Everything" search engine, powered by Ex Libris Primo VE, provides a Google-like experience, allowing researchers to use one search box to discover reliable library content. More InfoUB ONLY
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Newspaper Source Pluspopular news from ABC, CBS, and CNN
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PAIS International OnlineProvides historical perspective on many of the 20th century's public and social policies. More InfoPartial Full-TextUB ONLY
Urbanization
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United Nations Population Fund - ChinaSince UNFPA began providing assistance in China in 1979, it has contributed substantially to strengthened capacity to conduct demographic analyses and use data for policy planning.
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China's Urbanization: Theories, Strategies and Policies byCall Number: Online bookChina is in transition from an agricultural society to a newly industrialized one. As a result, the 'urbanization' of cities is an inevitable process for further development. During the transformation in finance, industry, and politics, many corresponding changes must be made for functional urban planning. This book examines the development of urbanization in China, analyzing the strategies, policies, and economic theories of the Chinese government during the process. It covers the historical process, the realistic pathway, the future direction, the objectives, the challenges, and the warnings. It shows how urbanization is the result of modernization and is the necessary way forward for a moderately prosperous society, taking into account the changes in economic and social life, as well as the simple realities of the times.
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Urban China by
Call Number: Online bookISBN: 9780745676661Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million. The unprecedented urban growth in China presents a crucial development for studies on globalization and urban transformation. This concise and engaging book examines the past trajectories, present conditions, and future prospects of Chinese urbanization, by investigating five key themes - governance, migration, landscape, inequality, and cultural economy. Based on a comprehensive evaluation of the literature and original research materials, Ren offers a critical account of the Chinese urban condition after the first decade of the twenty-first century. She argues that the urban-rural dichotomy that was artificially constructed under socialism is no longer a meaningful lens for analyses and that Chinese cities have become strategic sites for reassembling citizenship rights for both urban residents and rural migrants.
Urban - Rural Migration
Technology Advances & New Cities
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China's Smart Cities Development Report 2020The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
Transportation
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China MapGIS data - airports, highways, railways
Environment, Walkability, & Public Health
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United Nations Development Programme Human Development Reports - ChinaHuman Development Indicators: Mobility and Communication, Environment Sustainability, Health
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World Health Organization - ChinaPublic Health
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World Resource Institute: Maps & DataWRI produces maps, charts, data sets, infographics, and other visual resources as part of our commitment to turn “information into action.” These products are based on our data and research, which are held to traditional academic standards of excellence, including objectivity and rigor.