Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Introduction: Weiping Wu and Qin Gao 1
4. CHAPTER 1 Paying for Urbanization: Land Finance and Impacts 16
5. CHAPTER 2 Cities for Whom? The 2017 Beijing Demolitions in Context 38
6. CHAPTER 3 Housing Markets, Residential Sorting, and Spatial Segregation 61
7. CHAPTER 4 Has the Economic Situation of Rural Migrant Workers in Urban China Been Improving? An Updated Assessment 91
8. CHAPTER 5 Urban Poverty in China: Has Dibao Been an Effective Policy Response? 115
9. CHAPTER 6 Implementing the National New-Type Urbanization Plan: Regional Variations 131
10. CHAPTER 7 Dementia or Anomie: What Explains the Missing Older Adults Phenomenon in China? 149
11. CHAPTER 8 Environmental Impact of Urbanization in Post-Reform China 165
12. CHAPTER 9 Shifting Exposures in China’s Urbanization Experience: Implications for Health 188
13. CHAPTER 10 Prospects and Social Impact of Big Data–Driven Urban Governance in China: Provincializing Smart City Research 205
14. CONTRIBUTORS 229
15. INDEX 233