Preface
The scale and the rapidity of urbanisation in China is one of the most astonishing and significant phenomena of our times. As late as 2008 the Chinese government was projecting an urbanisation rate of 50 per cent by 2040 but by the end of 2017 the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported that the rate had already hit 59 per cent.
It is easy to be overwhelmed by the numbers but they tell only the smallest part of the story. Behind the numbers are the scale of economic development, intense discussion and elaborate government policies on the nature of urbanisation, and the shaping of the city environment itself. To trace the path of China’s urbanisation is not only important in itself but it has global implications. The size and ...
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