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China's Urban Billion: The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History (Asian Arguments)
China's Urban Billion The Story Behind the Biggest Migration in Human History - Asian Arguments Author:Tom Miller In 2012 for the first time half of China's 1.3 billion citizens will live in conurbations. An additional 350 million future city dwellers are still completing the journey from farm to city. China's urbanization, and how this is financed, will decide whether Chinas' current economic model continues, stalls, or fails.This extraordinary book presen... more »ts multiple case studies from existing megacities like Beijing to future ones like Wuhan and Chongqing as well as gripping and insightful interviews. Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, China's Urban Billion is first in providing a full, colorful account of all economic and social issues raised by urbanization. Part of Zed Books' Asian Arguments series this book also offers suggestions for how they may be resolved.« less