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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Urbanizing China"”.
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Modeling metropolis : clean energy guidelines for neighborhood design in rapidly urbanizing China
In China's current landscape the paradigm for urban development is the rapid creation of whole neighborhoods instead of the conventional piecemeal approach of creating individual buildings that gradually aggregate over time into neighborhoods. China's approach is complex and fast moving, and has …
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China Dispossession Watch: Making Visible the Human Costs of Forced Land Expropriation in Urbanizing China
This thesis critically examines China's land expropriation regime through a mixed-methods approach that integrates ethnographic investigation, quantitative economic analysis, and practical interventions developed in collaboration with affected communities. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in the …
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Dynamics of land use and land cover changes in China
… land use and land cover changes (LUCC) in China. With better understanding of these trade-offs, this thesis contributes to optimum management for sustaining ecosystem services and supporting socio-economic development. The three case study areas are Hebei, Qinghai and Shandong provinces. I …
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Getting by in Urban China Sociality, gender and political identity among migrant petty entrepreneurs
… market located at the urban rim of Nanjing city, China. The thesis asks what kinds of social connections (guanxi) are produced when migrant vendors try to adapt to city lives. The effective cultivation of guanxi is vital for migrant vendors, or household-based producers (getihu) to get a foothold …
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Getting by in Urban China Sociality, gender and political identity among migrant petty entrepreneurs
… market located at the urban rim of Nanjing city, China. The thesis asks what kinds of social connections (guanxi) are produced when migrant vendors try to adapt to city lives. The effective cultivation of guanxi is vital for migrant vendors, or household-based producers (getihu) to get a foothold …