Urban Systems and Urban Development in the People’s Republic of China
Lu, Zhao Chen and Ming | November 2015
Abstract
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is experiencing a trend toward population concentration in its large coastal cities. However, at the same time, there is also a distortion of city size toward small cities in the country. That is to say, the urban population in the PRC should further concentrate in large cities rather than be more equally spread out. Cross- country analysis indicates that the population size of the primary city in the PRC is smaller than its predicted value. This paper suggests that the PRC government should adjust its policies on future urbanization for fewer restrictions on the further growth of megacities.
Citation
Lu, Zhao Chen and Ming. 2015. Urban Systems and Urban Development in the People’s Republic of China. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9670.Keywords
Urbanization
Urban Services
Urban Projects
Urban Problems
Urban Poverty
Urban Policy
Urban Planning
Urban Infrastructure
Urban Health
Urban Government
Urban Economic Development
Urban Development Finance
Urban Development
Urban Conditions
Urban Communities
Urban Population
Results-Based Monitoring And Evaluation
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Project Evaluation
Program Evaluation
Performance Evaluation
Operations Evaluation
Evaluation Methods
Evaluation
Urban Plans
Urbanism
Urban agriculture
Economic Development
Rural Urban Migration
Cities
Project impact
Development projects
Program management
Performance appraisal
Project appraisal
Technology assessment
Local government
Urban renewal
Urban housing
Urban sociology
Transit systems
Rapid transit
Public transit
Mass transit
Cumulative effects assessment
Grievance procedures
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
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