Description:
Planning for Growth: Urban and Regional Planning in China provides an overview of the changes in China's planning system, policy, and practices since the mid-20th century using concrete examples and informative details in language that is accessible enough for the undergraduate but thoroughly grounded in a wealth of research and academic experience to support academics. It is the first accessible text on changing urban and regional planning in China under the process of transition from a centrally planned socialist economy to an emerging market in the world.
Review Quotes:
"This thought-provoking, thoroughly researched volume by Wu (Univ. College London) seeks to "answer the question why in Britain the discourse is to streamline planning in order to promote economic growth, while in China the mayor has to do the opposite." The book's seven chapters offer an answer to this question. Summing Up: Highly recommended. General readers, undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty." - CHOICE, S. K. Ma, emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles