Wu, F;
(2020)
Adding new narratives to urban imagination: an introduction to 'New directions of urban studies in China’.
Urban Studies: an international journal for research in urban studies
, 57
(3)
pp. 459-472.
10.1177/0042098019898137.
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Abstract
Rapid urban development in China provides rich cases for urban research. Current urban studies in China are heavily influenced by an urban imagination embedded in the West. Using the cases of land management and environmental governance, social transformation and the spatial and regional dimensions of urbanisation, this article attempts to rethink some surprising findings from empirical research in Chinese cities and to contribute to theoretical understandings of urbanisation beyond contextual particularities. Following the narrative of ‘planning centrality, market instruments’ in China, this article highlights the political logic behind managing growth and environmental governance, social differentiation produced by interwoven state and market forces and new geographies of Chinese cities beyond the economic-centred imagination.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Adding new narratives to urban imagination: an introduction to 'New directions of urban studies in China’ |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0042098019898137 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098019898137 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Chinese development, environmental sustainability, housing, migration, politics, urban China |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10089639 |
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