This book studies China’s urbanization with the theory of production of space. The authors redefine the production of space and build a new theoretical framework for understanding the evolving relations between urbanization and spatial production. Since the reform and opening-up, especially in the last twenty years, the logic of spatial production has dominated China’s urbanization. The authors choose the most representative cases, such as the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, Jiangsu Province, National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, New Urban District, State-Level New Area, University Town, and some villages, to conduct a series of empirical studies on production of space at the macro-, meso-, and micro-scales. Through an in-depth analysis of the interaction between social spaces and urbanization influenced by power, capital, and class, the book reveals that the essence of China’s urbanization is dominated by the logic of spatial production. The authors finally propose that an important shift toward humanism should be made in the future development of China’s new-type urbanization, emphasizing more even and adequate development between different regions and between urban and rural areas, which also provides new ideas for the theory and practice of urbanization worldwide.This book can be read and referenced by researchers in the fields of urban and regional studies, geography, sociology, urban and rural planning, management, etc. It can also be used as a teaching reference book for teachers, researchers, and students of scientific research institutions in related fields.
Author(s): Chao Ye, Liang Zhuang
Series: Urban Sustainability
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 198
City: Singapore
Acknowledgements
Overview
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Urbanization and the Production of Space
1.1 The Theory on Production of Space
1.1.1 Background
1.1.2 The Production of Space
1.2 The Production of Space in China
1.3 A New Research Perspective on China’s Urbanization
1.4 Structure of the Book
References
2 Spatial Production and Governance of Urban Agglomeration in China
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Methodology
2.3 Spatial Production of the YRDUA
2.3.1 Unbalanced Development of the YRDUA
2.3.2 The YRDUA Driven by Capital and Power
2.3.3 Growing Regional and Social Inequality: Urbanization, Capital, and Urban–Rural Disparities
2.4 Conclusions and Discussions
References
3 Production of Space in the Middle-Scale Region in China
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Methodology: The Evaluation Indexes on Production of Space
3.3 The Evolving Characteristics of Production of Space in the Process of Jiangsu’s Urbanization
3.3.1 The Uneven Geographical and Developmental Base in Jiangsu
3.3.2 The Evolving Trend of Jiangsu’s Urbanization Driven by Capital and Power
3.3.3 The Constantly Growing City-Scale Inequity: Urbanization, Investment and the Rural–Urban Gap
3.4 Conclusions and Discussions
References
4 Spatial Production and Spatial Dialectic of New Urban Districts in China
4.1 New Urban Districts, Urbanization and Spatial Production
4.2 Research Data and Methods
4.2.1 Research Object and Description
4.2.2 Research Framework and Method
4.3 Characteristics of Spatial Production in China’s NUD
4.3.1 Representations of Space: Construction of Space by Power
4.3.2 Spatial Practice: Shape of Space by Power
4.3.3 Spaces of Representation: Reconstruction of Space by Power
4.4 Logics of Spatial Dialectic in China’s NUD
4.4.1 “Trinity”: Category and Connotation
4.4.2 Spatial Production and Reproduction
4.5 Conclusion
References
5 Disorder or Reorder? The Spatial Production of State-Level New Areas in China
5.1 SLNAs and Spatial Production
5.2 Research Methodology
5.2.1 The Unique Feature of SLNA
5.2.2 Spatial Overlay: From Zone to Area and to District
5.2.3 Different Types: Management Model and Spatial Pattern
5.2.4 Bidirectional Process: Bottom-Up and Top-Down
5.3 The Evolving Spatiotemporal Characteristics of SLNAs
5.3.1 The Temporal Characteristics of SLNAs
5.3.2 The Spatial Characteristics of SLNAs
5.4 Discussions: The Tension Between Disorder and Reorder
5.5 Conclusions
References
6 Spatial Production of National High-Tech Industrial Development Zones in China
6.1 NHTIDZs and Spatial Production
6.2 A Framework Explaining the Interaction Between Government, NHTIDZs and Urbanization
6.3 The Evolving Relations Between NHTIDZs and Urbanization
6.3.1 The Temporal Characteristics of NHTIDZs
6.3.2 The Spatial Characteristics of NHTIDZs
6.3.3 The Relationship Between NHTIDZs and Urbanization
6.4 The Government-Dominated Model of Production of Space
6.5 Discussion
6.6 Conclusion
References
7 Multi-scalar Separations: The Production of Space of University Towns in China
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Theory and Framework
7.3 Xianlin University Town: Its Land Use and Policies
7.3.1 Context
7.3.2 Xianlin University Town LUCC
7.3.3 Policies and Their Influences on Xianlin Town’s LUCC
7.4 Multi-scalar Separations of Xianlin University Town
7.4.1 Time-Scale Separations
7.4.2 Space-Scale Separations
7.4.3 Social Separations
7.5 Production of Space Mechanism in Xianlin University Town
7.6 Discussion and Conclusions
References
8 The Lost Countryside: Spatial Production of Villages in China
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Study Area and Methodology
8.2.1 Study Area
8.2.2 Research Methodology
8.3 The Lost Countryside
8.3.1 Ideological Space
8.3.2 Superficial Space: Culture Only on the Wall
8.3.3 Everyday Life Space: Limited Organization and Unformed Culture
8.4 Conclusions and Discussions
References
9 Marginalized Countryside in a Globalized City: Production of Rural Space of Wujing Township in Shanghai, China
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Methodology
9.2.1 Research Method
9.2.2 A Framework on Urbanization and Production of Rural Space
9.3 Production of Space in Wujing
9.3.1 Wujing Town as a Case Study
9.3.2 The Characteristics and Dynamics of Spatial Production in Wujing
9.3.3 The Role of Power and Capital
9.3.4 The Marginalized Villages
9.4 Discussion
9.5 Conclusions
References
10 The Countryside Under Multiple High-Tension Lines: A Perspective on the Rural Construction of Heping Village, Shanghai
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Study Area and Research Methodology
10.2.1 Study Area
10.2.2 Research Methodology
10.3 The Countryside Under Multiple High-Tension Lines
10.3.1 Physical High-Tension Lines
10.3.2 Power High-Tension Lines
10.3.3 Capital High-Tension Lines
10.3.4 Psychological High-Tension Lines
10.4 Discussion
10.5 Conclusion
References
11 The Essence of Production of Space and Future of Urbanization
11.1 Three Characteristics of the Theory of Production of Space
11.2 Production of Space Is the Driving Force of Urbanization
11.3 Multi-scalar Intertwined Production of Space
11.4 The Future of Urbanization: From People-Oriented to Humanism
