Chinas Urban Champions by Kyle A. Jaros PAPERBACK 9780691190730

China's Urban ChampionsThe Politics of Spatial Development\nAuthor(s): Kyle A. Jaros\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Princeton University Press, United States\nImprint: Princeton University Press\nISBN-13: 9780691190730, 978-0691190730\nSynopsis\nAn exploration of how key provinces in China shape urban and regional development \n\nThe rise of major metropolises across China since the 1990s has been a double-edged sword: although big cities function as economic powerhouses, concentrated urban growth can worsen regional inequalities, governance challenges, and social tensions. Wary of these dangers, Chinas national leaders have tried to forestall top-heavy urbanization. However, urban and regional development policies at the subnational level have not always followed suit. Chinas Urban Champions explores the development paths of different provinces and asks why policymakers in many cases favor big cities in a way that reinforces spatial inequalities rather than reducing them.\n\nKyle Ja.