Governing the urban in China and India: land grabs, slum clearance, and the war on air pollution / X...
Governing the urban in China and India: land grabs, slum clearance, and the war on air pollution / X...
Governing the urban in China and India: land grabs, slum clearance, and the war on air pollution / Xuefei Ren.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/3492
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English
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xi, 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction -- What is urban about urban China and India? -- Land grabs and protests from Wukan to Singur -- Urban redevelopment in Guangzhou and Mumbai -- Airpocalypse in Beijing and Delhi -- Territorial and associational politics in historical perspective -- Conclusion.
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Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
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New Jersey
Date Published
[2020]
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Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. One-sixth of humanity now lives in either a Chinese or Indian city. This transformation has unleashed enormous pressures on land use, housing, and the environment. Despite the stakes, the workings of urban governance in China and India remain obscure a...
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Governing the urban in China and India: land grabs, slum clearance, and the war on air pollution / Xuefei Ren.
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Land grabs, slum clearance, and the war on air pollution
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Princeton studies in contemporary China
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183) and index.
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G 2020/3492
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0691203393 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780691203409 (hbk. ; acid-free paper)
0691203407 (hbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780691203393 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
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950
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991024337119302626
