Urban Innovation and Upgrading in China Shanty Towns: Changing the Rules of Development

by Pengfei Ni, Fei Chen, Banji Oyeyinka

Book Overview

By using field survey and World Bank investment project evaluation method, this book investigates the experience of slum rebuilding in Liaoning province, China. It figures out that the experience of Liaoning province is relatively successful and can be of great significance for developing countries and regions. The issue of slums is a huge challenge in the process of global urbanization. The population living in slums is 0.8 billion worldwide and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662515644
• ISBN13: 9783662515648
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"