Great Urbanization of China.

Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contributing Authors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: China's Great Urbanization Ding Lu -- References -- Chapter 2 Urbanization and City-Size Distribution in China Shunfeng Song and Kevin Honglin Zhang -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Size Distribution of Cities: An Overview -- 3. Urbanization and the City System in China -- 4. Size Distribution of Cities: The Case of China -- 5. Economic and Institutional Factors of China's Urbanization and City System -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 Evolution of China's Urban Development Strategy and Institutions Ding Lu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. China's Early Urbanization Experience -- 3. Urbanization in the Centrally Planned Economy Period (1949-1977) -- 3.1. Socialist industrialization and anti-urbanism -- 3.2. Regional self-sufficiency and inland investment -- 3.3. State-compelled migration and strict control over urban population -- 3.4. Industrialization without much urbanization -- 3.5. Urban-rural segregation -- 4. Urbanization Policy in the Post-Reform Period (1978-2000) -- 4.1. Reversion of Maoist migration policy -- 4.2. Rural industrialization and in situ transformation in rural areas -- 4.3. Central role of large cities in opening to the world -- 4.4. Emergence of a floating population -- 4.5. Emergence of urban property market and re-urbanization in cities -- 4.6. The "two-track urbanization" -- 5. Urbanization and Regional Development into the 21st Century -- 5.1. West China Development Program -- 5.2. Redefining urbanization guideline -- Referensces -- Chapter 4 Urban Planning for Local Development Jieming Zhu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Conceptual Framework: Linking Urban Planning with Local Transformation -- 2.1. The role of urban planning: Passive regulations and governance -- 2.2. Urban planning to promote local transformation: Active initiatives.

2.3. Background: Transition from socialist central planning to local development -- 2.4. Developmental planning: China's response to rapid urbanization during transition -- 3. Rapid Urbanization under Capricious Market Change and Land Resource Dissipation -- 3.1. Rapid urbanization -- 3.2. Capricious market change -- 3.3. Dissipation of land resources -- 4. China's Developmental Planning -- 4.1. Land use planning: Promotion and mobilization -- 4.2. Development control: Responsive to market change -- 5. Conclusion: Developmental Planning and Sustainable Development -- References -- Chapter 5 Industrialization, Urbanization, and Land Use in China Xiaobo Zhang, Timothy D. Mount and Richard N. Boisvert -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An Historical Review of China's Agricultural Land Use -- 2.1. Land reforms (1949-1955) -- 2.2. The Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine (1956-1961) -- 2.3. Pre-reform (1962-1978) -- 2.4. Rural reform and afterwards (1979 till present) -- 3. Conceptual Framework -- 4. Results -- 5. Conclusions and Policy Implications -- Appendix: On Data Sources -- References -- Chapter 6 Assessing Urban Spatial Growth Patterns in China during Rapid Urbanization Chengri Ding and Xingshuo Zhao -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Does Urban Form Matter? -- 2.1. Urban spatial form -- 2.2. Urban form and urban growth -- 2.3. Urban form and transportation -- 3. Emerging Urban Spatial Patterns in Chinese Cities and Assessments -- 3.1. Special economic zones -- 3.1.1. Development -- 3.1.2. Assessment -- 3.2. University towns -- 3.2.1. Development -- 3.2.2. Assessment -- 3.3. Central business districts -- 3.3.1. Development -- 3.3.2. Assessment -- 4. Mixed Land Use -- 4.1. Development -- 4.2. Assessment -- 4.2.1. Employment distribution -- 4.2.2. Urban transportation -- 4.2.3. Efficiency in public finance.

4.2.4. Is smart growth an appropriate strategy for China? -- 5. Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7 Land Use Reform, Land Markets, and Urban Land Use in Beijing Chengri Ding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical Review of Land Policies -- 3. Public Land Leasing (Land Use Rights System) and Urban Land Markets -- 4. Study Area -- 5. Urban Spatial Patterns in the Post-reform Period -- 5.1. Descriptive patterns -- 5.2. Statistical analysis -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 From Land Use Rights to Land Development Rights: Institutional Change in China's Urban Development Jieming Zhu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Institutional Change in the Emerging Market of Land Development -- 3. A Socialist Institution: The Land Use Right -- 4. Institutional Change: The Land Development Right -- 5. Implications of the Land Development Right for the Emerging Land Market -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 A Transitional Institution for the Emerging Land Market in Urban China Jieming Zhu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Transitional Institutions for the Land Market: A Conceptual Framework -- 3. The Advent of Ambiguous Property Rights -- 3.1. Ambiguous property rights over urban land -- 3.2. Changes in the economic system: Gradualism and dualism -- 3.3. Two new organizations hatched out during transition: The local developmental state and danwei enterprises -- 3.4. Ambiguity to the advantage of localities -- 4. An Emerging Real Estate Market Structured by Ambiguous Property Rights -- 5. Ambiguous Property Rights: A Transitional Institution -- 5.1. Performance -- 5.2. Implications -- 5.3. Pushing for Further Institutional Change -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10 Urban Land Expansion and Economic Growth Ding Lu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Land in Growth Accounting Literature -- 3. Urban Land Expansion in China's Rapid Economic Growth.

4. Growth Accounting with Land Input -- 5. Findings -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 11 Rural-Urban Migration and Urbanization in China Kevin Honglin Zhang and Shunfeng Song -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Patterns of Migration and Urbanization in China: 1978-1999 -- 3. Driving Forces of Migration and Urbanization: A Theoretical Framework -- 4. Empirical Analyses of Determinants of Rural-Urban Migration -- 4.1. Analyses with time-series data -- 4.2. Analyses with cross-section data -- 5. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 12 Demography, Migration, and Regional Income Disparity Ding Lu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Demographic Consequences of Mass Migration -- 3. Labor Migration and Migrants'Welfare -- 4. Challenges to the Regions with Net Outward Migration -- 5. Policy Options for the Poor Regions -- References -- Chapter 13 Epilogue Ding Lu -- 1. The Unique Experience of China's Urbanization -- 2. Environmental Challenge -- 3. Urban Governance Challenge -- 4. Migrant Challenge -- References -- Appendix Major Events of China's Urban Development (1949-2010) Ding Lu -- References -- Index.