Overview
- Brings together leading international researchers from Europe, USA and China
- Offers fresh ideas, cutting edge methods and analysis through comparative studies
- Provides readers with access to self-study training materials and data
- This book is open access which means you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Lessons from Europe
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Urban Inequality and Segregation in China
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Future Directions for Research and Policy
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About this book
This open access book explores new research directions in social inequality and urban segregation. With the goal of fostering an ongoing dialogue between scholars in Europe and China, it brings together an impressive team of international researchers to shed light on the entwined processes of inequality and segregation, and the implications for urban development. Through a rich collection of empirical studies at the city, regional and national levels, the book explores the impact of migration on cities, the related problems of social and spatial segregation, and the ramifications for policy reform.
While the literature on both segregation and inequality has traditionally been dominated by European and North American studies, there is growing interest in these issues in the Chinese context. Economic liberalization, rapid industrial restructuring, the enormous growth of cities, and internal migration, have all reshaped the country profoundly. What have we learned from the European and North American experience of segregation and inequality, and what insights can be gleaned to inform the bourgeoning interest in these issues in the Chinese context? How is China different, both in terms of the nature and the consequences of segregation inequality, and what are the implications for future research and policy? Given the continued rise of China’s significance in the world, and its recent declaration of war on poverty, this book offers a timely contribution to scholarship, identifying the core insights to be learned from existing research, and providing important guidance on future directions for policy makers and researchers.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China
Book Subtitle: Towards a New Dialogue
Editors: Gwilym Pryce, Ya Ping Wang, Yu Chen, Jingjing Shan, Houkai Wei
Series Title: The Urban Book Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74543-1Published: 17 November 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-74546-2Published: 17 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-74544-8Published: 16 November 2021
Series ISSN: 2365-757X
Series E-ISSN: 2365-7588
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 374
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 45 illustrations in colour
Topics: Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Social Structure, Social Inequality, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Economics, World Regional Geography (Continents, Countries, Regions), Human Geography