Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization

doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-0206-5

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Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization

dc.contributor.author	World Bank
dc.contributor.author	Development Research Center of the State Council, the People’s Republic of China
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-08T13:30:43Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-08T13:30:43Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07
dc.description.abstract	In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure. While China has avoided some of the common ills of urbanization, strains are showing as inefficient land development leads to urban sprawl and ghost towns, pollution threatens people’s health, and farmland and water resources are becoming scarce. With China’s urban population projected to rise to about one billion – or close to 70 percent of the country’s population – by 2030, China’s leaders are seeking a more coordinated urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of China’s State Council which was established to address the challenges and opportunities of urbanization in China and to help China forge a new model of urbanization. The report takes as its point of departure the conviction that China's urbanization can become more efficient, inclusive, and sustainable. However, it stresses that achieving this vision will require strong support from both government and the markets for policy reforms in a number of area. The report proposes six main areas for reform: first, amending land management institutions to foster more efficient land use, denser cities, modernized agriculture, and more equitable wealth distribution; second, adjusting the hukou household registration system to increase labor mobility and provide urban migrant workers equal access to a common standard of public services; third, placing urban finances on a more sustainable footing while fostering financial discipline among local governments; fourth, improving urban planning to enhance connectivity and encourage scale and agglomeration economies; fifth, reducing environmental pressures through more efficient resource management; and sixth, improving governance at the local level.	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0206-5
dc.identifier.isbn	978-1-4648-0206-5
dc.identifier.other	10.1596/978-1-4648-0206-5
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18865
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subject	urbanization
dc.subject	land management
dc.subject	social services
dc.subject	labor markets
dc.subject	food security
dc.subject	equitable access
dc.subject	sustainable urban growth
dc.title	Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization	en
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Urban China: Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization
okr.date.disclosure	2014-07-08
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Publication
okr.externalurl	http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/EAP/China/WEB-Urban-China.pdf
okr.globalpractice	Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/978-1-4648-0206-5
okr.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1596/978-1-4648-0206-5
okr.identifier.report	88172
okr.language.supported	en
okr.region.administrative	East Asia and Pacific
okr.region.country	China
okr.topic	Urban Development
okr.unit	EAPBI