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Online Urbanization

Online Services in China’s Rural Transformation

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Li Zi

    1. Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

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  • Deepens readers’ understanding of the new urban-rural relationship created by online services in China, drawing on representative case studies to do so
  • Introduces a new framework for assessing online urbanization
  • Discusses how the urbanization pattern relates to urbanization in developing countries

Part of the book series: Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements (ACHS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
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  2. Introduction

    • Li Zi
    Pages 1-19

  3. From Globalization to China’s Urbanization

    • Li Zi
    Pages 21-47

  4. A Unique Path: The Evolution of China’s Urban-Rural Relationship

    • Li Zi
    Pages 49-61

  5. Bottom-Up Approach with Global Powerhouse: Suichang Model

    • Li Zi
    Pages 63-136

  6. Top-Down Strengthening: Alibaba Rural Strategy

    • Li Zi
    Pages 137-178

  7. Spatial Regeneration of Regional Restructuring

    • Li Zi
    Pages 179-204

  8. Conclusion: Urban Rural Flows with Online Urbanization

    • Li Zi
    Pages 205-214

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 215-218
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About this book

This book highlights the new urban–rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba’s rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban–rural relationship throughout China’s history, and of academic literature on the study of space, it explains the special logic of urbanization in China. As such, the book makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature on the space of flows and grassrooting, aspects that are essential to appreciating the complexity of the new urban–rural relationship in underdeveloped areas (including developing countries and underdeveloped areas in developed countries) in the ongoing information era.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Li Zi

About the author

Dr. Li Zi has substantial experience in urbanization in Europe and Asia, especially in China. He is the co-founder of I-Village and the Rural Community Development Group (RCDG), a researcher at the National University of Singapore and a guest researcher at Alibaba’s New Rural Institute. He hold PhD (National University of Singapore) and Master (TU Delft) in Urbanism. His research focuses on exploring the new spatial distribution of urban–rural China, taking into account the emergence of online services and e-commerce systems.

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