Ghost cities of China : the story of cities without people in the world's most populated country / Wade Shepard.
Material type:
TextSeries: Asian argumentsPublisher: London : Zed Books, 2015Description: xii, 218 pages : map ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781783602193
- 1783602198
- 9781783602186
- 178360218X
- Cities without people in the world's most populated country
- 307.7609 23 Sh471g
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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
"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