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Becoming Urban in the Chinese Way: The Politics of Planning and Urban Change in Nanjing, China

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2016, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Geography.
The dissertation explores two aspects of China’s urban transition: 1) the often overlooked planning practices of local states, and 2) the now hotly debated new town boom in China. Using two case studies, one about the shifting planning practices in Nanjing (1978-now), and the other on the birth and growth of Nanjing’s Hexi New Town (2001-2016), the dissertation contributes to the study of Chinese cities and urban studies in general in two significant ways. Firstly, it reconstructs the evolution of planning practices and new town movements in China at both national and local levels. Secondly, it reveals how plan-making and new town development at a locality are assembling processes of heterogeneous social relations across time and space. It also shows, however, that the Chinese state remains a paramount power in city-making. Local leaders continuously search fresh territories for economic growth and institutional legitimacy, giving rise to a geography of accumulation as well as a geography of state ambition. Through ethnographic studies, the dissertation further suggests that to comprehend China’s urban change and politics, scholars should conceptualize the state-party-society triangulation.
Max Woodworth (Advisor)
Nancy Ettlinger (Committee Member)
Ed Malelcki (Committee Member)
368 p.

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  • Wang, L. (2016). Becoming Urban in the Chinese Way: The Politics of Planning and Urban Change in Nanjing, China [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480505387185065

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wang, Lili. Becoming Urban in the Chinese Way: The Politics of Planning and Urban Change in Nanjing, China. 2016. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480505387185065.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wang, Lili. "Becoming Urban in the Chinese Way: The Politics of Planning and Urban Change in Nanjing, China." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1480505387185065

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)