China Urbanizes: Consequences, Strategies, and Policies

by Anthony Saich, Shahid Yusuf, Tony Saich

Book Overview

The key challenges facing China in the next two decades derive from the ongoing process of urbanization. China's urbanization rate in 2005 was about 43%. Over the next 10-15 years, it is expected to rise to well over 50%, adding an additional 200 million mainly rural migrants to the current urban population of 560 million. How China copes with such a large migration flow will strongly influence rural-urban inequality, the pace at which urban centers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821372114
• ISBN13: 9780821372111
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.8"