China’s Urbanization and Socioeconomic Impact

Part I. New Urbanization, Industrialization, and Impact on Policies

1. Transformation and Healthy Development of Urbanization in China’s 13th Five-Year National Development Period (2016–2020)
Shengzu Gu

2. Urbanization and Industrial Development in China
Kevin H. Zhang

3. Urban Real Estate Tax Reforms in China
Huiyu Cui

Part II. Urbanization and Impact on Regional Development

4. Regional Differences in Urbanization: A Case Study of Urban Agglomerations in Northwestern China
Lili Wei, Peng Wang, Jing Zhang

5. Urbanization in Ethnic Minority Areas of Western China: Is It Special?
Lijuan Si

Part III. Urban Development and Impact on Women and Environment

6. Infrastructure Development and Urbanization in China
Chaosu Li, Yan Song, Yan Chen

7. Women, Work, and Marriage: Challenges of Gendered Mobility in Urban China
Arianne M. Gaetano

8. Understanding Chinese Environmental Risk Perceptions from 1995–2015
Wanyun Shao

9. Urbanization, Industrialization, and Sustainable Development in China: Converging Paths?
Jonathan Harrington

Part IV. Urbanization and Impact on Rural Clans, Rural Clan Culture, and Villages

10. Changes with Chinese Characteristics: Rural Clan Culture, Clan Communities, and Kinship Relations During Urbanization
Zongli Tang

11. Local Clan Societies and Migrants to Cities in the Qin and Han Dynasties
Shijing Qiu

12. Farewell to Villages: Forced Urbanization in Rural China
Youqin Huang

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Urban Studies/Sociology, Social Anthropology, Demography, Human Geography