Tom Miller, China's Urban Billion: the Story behind the Biggest Migration in Human History (London, New York: Zed Books, 2012), 168p. $25.27 paperback

摘要

China is undergoing massive urbanization as a result of economic and demographic factors and deliberate government policy. Indeed, according to some estimates, over 1 billion people will live in cities by 2030. The optimistic view is that urbanization will promote higher incomes, balanced economic growth, and better service delivery. The pessimistic view is that China's urbanization will produce hundreds of millions of underclass citizens, sprawling, hideous, and polluted urban jungles, and cities that contribute little to China's economic rebalancing. In his book, China's Urban Billions, Tom Miller, the managing editor of China Economic Quarterly (CEQ) and a former journalist, promises to address two pressing questions relating to China's urbanization: What kind of lives will China's urban billion lead and what is the future of China's cities?