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Toward Balanced Growth with Economic Agglomeration

Empirical Studies of China's Urban-Rural and Interregional Development

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Authors:
  1. Zhao Chen

    1. China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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  2. Ming Lu

    1. Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong Univerisity, Shanghai, China

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  • Offers key empirical evidence on urban-rural and regional development in China regarding the processes of globalization, marketization and urbanization

  • Provides insights for policymakers, presenting solid research based on an in-depth understanding on China’s institutional background concerning urban-rural and regional development

  • Recommends policies to promote more efficient and equitable urban-rural and regional development in China

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 1-15

  3. Urban-Rural Integration and Spatial Agglomeration in the Process of Chinese Urbanization

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 17-38

  4. How Should China Maintain Growth While Balancing Regional Development

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 39-62

  5. Globalization and Regional Income Inequality in China

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 63-87

  6. Economic Opening and Domestic Market Integration

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 89-109

  7. Urban-Rural Inequality and Regional Economic Growth in China

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 111-126

  8. Balance Through Agglomeration: A “Third Path” to Balanced Development Between Urban and Rural Areas and Among Regions

    • Zhao Chen, Ming Lu
    Pages 127-134

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 135-138
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About this book

This book explains the relationships between equality and efficiency, as well as between government and market, in urban-rural and regional development by providing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence. Urban-rural development in China is understood from a regional perspective, while the core issue of urban-rural and regional development is cross-regional resource reallocation driven by the trends of globalization, marketization and urbanization and their influence on growth and inequality. The book puts forward the following arguments: An urban-rural and regional balance should not be achieved by limiting agglomeration effects in eastern regions. For some time now, China has lacked a suitable mechanism to enable residents in underdeveloped and rural areas to share in the achievements of economic agglomeration. As a result, China should not slow down economic agglomeration and development in eastern regions simply by depending on administrative means to balance urban-rural and regional development. In the final analysis, arriving at a regional balance depends on growth in the eastern regions, provided a reasonable mechanism is implemented to enable inland areas to share in the development achievements of eastern regions. In turn, finding an urban-regional balance rests on urban development, as long as more rural workers can move to and prosper in cities.

Authors and Affiliations

  • China Center for Economic Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Zhao Chen

  • Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong Univerisity, Shanghai, China

    Ming Lu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Toward Balanced Growth with Economic Agglomeration

  • Book Subtitle: Empirical Studies of China's Urban-Rural and Interregional Development

  • Authors: Zhao Chen, Ming Lu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47412-9

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Peking University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47411-2Published: 25 June 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51675-1Published: 18 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47412-9Published: 12 June 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 138

  • Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Economic Growth, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Economic Policy

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