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The course explores the interactions between state and market as instigators of China’s urbanization, and its consequences of land, housing, transportation, energy, environment, migration, finance, urban inequality.

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This course includes
Hours of videos

472 years, 2 months

Units & Quizzes

17

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Themes include the de-synchronization of China’s urbanization, potential differences between China’s past and future development, and differentiators between China’s urbanization and those of other countries. This discussion-based course asks students to participate in the conversation with the course instructor and guest lecturers by drawing upon their experiences and academic or professional backgrounds.

Course Currilcum

    • Multiple Interpretations: Urbanization out of Sync Unlimited
    • Is China an Outlier? China’s Urbanization in the Historical and International Contexts Unlimited
    • Fundamentals: Hukou and Migration Unlimited
    • Land-use and Public Finance Institutions in China: An Overview Unlimited
    • Land Quota Market in Chongqing and Chengdu: De-spatialize Land Transfer Unlimited
    • Brownfields in Beijing Chemical Plant: How Cities Recycle Industrial Land Unlimited
    • Integrating the Proposed Property Tax with the Public Leasehold System Unlimited
    • Module Summary; Student Presentations for Phase 1: Ideas Unlimited
    • Dispersion of Urban Agglomeration through High Speed Rail Unlimited
    • Managing Car Ownership in Chinese Mega Cities Unlimited
    • Costs of Air Pollution: Focusing on its Human Health Damage Unlimited
    • Progress in Energy Efficiency: Technology, Policy and Market in China’s Automobile Sectors Unlimited
    • Financing Urban Access: Transportation, Form and Land Grabbing Unlimited
    • Understanding and Untangling Complex Urban Issues through Emerging Big Data Unlimited
    • Module Summary; Student Presentations for Phase 3: Literature Unlimited
    • Drifting and Getting Stuck: Migrants in Chinese Cities Unlimited
    • Urbanization vs. Citizenization: Self-employed Migrants in Wangjingxi Market Unlimited