TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shepard,Wade
TI  - Ghost cities of China: the story of cities without people in the world's most populated country 
T2  - Asian arguments
SN  - 9781783602193
U1  - 307.7609  23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Zed Books
KW  - Planned communities
KW  - China
KW  - New towns
KW  - Real estate development
KW  - Urbanization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [206]-211) and index; The new map of China -- Clearing the land -- Of new cities and ghost cities -- When construction ends the building begins -- Megacities inside megacities -- A new city, a new identity -- Powering the new China -- The unsinkable ship -- What ghost cities become
N2  - "Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. [This book] is an enthralling dialogue-driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty." from publisher's website
ER  -