Using an innovative approach, this book interprets the
unprecedented transformation of contemporary China's major
cities. It deals with a diversity of trends and analyzes their
sources.
* Offers a multi-dimensional analysis of urban life in China
* Highlights a diversity of trends in the areas of migration,
criminal victimization, gated communities, and the status of women,
suburbanization, and neighbourhood associations
* Each chapter includes input from both an expert on urban life
in China and an 'outside' expert from the fields of sociology,
geography, economics, planning, political science, history,
demography, architecture, or anthropology
* An alternative theoretical perspective comparing the Chinese
experience with other urban settings in the United States, Poland,
Russia, Vietnam, East and South East Asia, and South America
