Overview

Full Product Details

9781847209696

Table of Contents

Reviews

'Wow! What a tour de force! This timely, masterly work does everything, from broad empirical comparison to theory, quantitative correlation to case studies of neighborhoods and quotations from individual life histories. Its findings from 25 neighborhoods in six cities demonstrate convincingly that urban destitution is not homogeneous, is concentrated in and generated by location, and has patterned institutional roots that produced varying processes of pauperization. This superb book must put to rest once and for all references to Chinese poverty as a matter of just the rural areas and their residents.' - Dorothy J. Solinger, University of California, US 'Market reform has brought new forms of poverty to urban China, even while the standard of living of most urban residents has greatly improved. This research uses interviews with people in six cities to document their situation and to show how poverty is rooted in the failure of support systems in their neighborhoods and communities. It offers a stark evaluation of a system of inequalities that is only beginning to be addressed by state policy.' - John R. Logan, Brown University, US

Author Information

Fulong Wu, Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London, UK, Chris Webster, Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong, Shenjing He, Department of Urban Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong and Yuting Liu, Associate Professor, South China University of Technology, China

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available