Governing the Urban in China and India - Land Grabs, Slum Clearance, and the War on Air Pollution (Paperback)

An in-depth look at the distinctly different ways that China and India govern their cities and how this impacts their residents Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. One-sixth of humanity now lives in either a Chinese or Indian city. This transformation has unleashed enormous pressures on land use, housing, and the environment. Despite the stakes, the workings of urban governance in China and India remain obscure and poorly understood. In this book, Xuefei Ren explores how China and India govern their cities and how their different styles of governance produce inequality and exclusion. Drawing upon historical-comparative analyses and extensive fieldwork (in Beijing, Guangzhou, Wukan, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata), Ren investigates the ways that Chinese and Indian cities manage land acquisition, slum clearance, and air pollution. She discovers that the two countries address these issues through radically different approaches. In China, urban governance centers on territorial institutions, such as hukou and the cadre evaluation system. In India, urban governance centers on associational politics, encompassing contingent alliances formed among state actors, the private sector, and civil society groups. Ren traces the origins of territorial and associational forms of governance to late imperial China and precolonial India. She then shows how these forms have evolved to shape urban growth and residents' struggles today. As the number of urban residents in China and India reaches beyond a billion, Governing the Urban in China and India makes clear that the development of cities in these two nations will have profound consequences well beyond their borders.

General

Imprint:	Princeton University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Princeton Studies in Contemporary China
Release date:	July 2020
Authors:	Xuefei Ren
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-691-20339-3
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Management of land & natural resources Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Urban communities Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > General Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Social impact of environmental issues > General Books > Earth & environment > Regional & area planning > Urban & municipal planning > General Promotions
LSN:	0-691-20339-3
Barcode:	9780691203393

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