Globalization and the Chinese City

<p>Introducing readers to the far-reaching global orientation that is now taking place in urban China an international team of contributors describe overarching globalization through a detailed examination of the transformation of the built environment. </p><p>A range of urban development processes are analyzed including urbanization real estate development changing landscapes the industrial restructuring of the second-tier city and the formation of the city-region in the context of global and local interactions. In examining city development and local practices as part of globalization processes the global city is treated as a collection of microcosms and concrete places overcoming the analytical tension of the dichotomy of the perceived 'East versus West' divide. </p>