Ghost Cities of China

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book_author_name: 
Wade Shepard
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Paperback
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Zed Books Ltd
published_date: 
09/04/2015
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9781783602186
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Books > Politics, Society & Education > Society & culture > Social groups > Urban communities
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Wade Shepard|Paperback|Zed Books Ltd|09/04/2015
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9781783602186
Book Description: 
Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty.

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