China's Urban Billion - The Story behind the Biggest Migration in Human History

Combining on-the-ground reportage and up-to-date research, this pivotal book explains why China has failed to reap many of the economic and social benefits of urbanization, and suggests how these problems can be resolved. If its leaders get urbanization right, China will surpass the United States and cement its position as the world's largest economy. But if they get it wrong, China could spend the next twenty years languishing in middle-income torpor, its cities pockmarked by giant slums. Softcover. English. Zed Books. 20129781780321417. 192 pp. Good. Book No: 52545