Urban Studies/Economics 142
Urban Development: China
Spring 2010
Course Prerequisites: Economics 142 requires EC 111. Urban Studies 142 requires Economics 11. Having had at least US 21 or 22 (or other urban studies course) would help.
Requirements:1 final exam (35% of final grade)
1 mid-term (15% of final grade)
1 paper (35% of final grade) [project possibility]
Class participation (15% of final grade)
Text (bookstore): Barry Naughton, The Chinese Economy, MIT Press, 2007
Readings: on WebCT for US 142, or on Web
- Background on China’s Economy
Naughton text
Introduction
Chapter 1: Geography
Chapter 2:China before 1949
Chapter 3: Maoist era, 1949-1978
Chapter 4: Market transition, post 1978s
B. The Rural-Urban Divide and the Hukou System
1)Naughton text
Chapter 5, Section 5.1: The Urban-Rural Divide
2)Kam Wing Chan, “Is ChinaAbolishing the Hukou System” The China Quarterly, 2008
3)Cai, Fang. “Floating Populations: Urbanization with Chinese Characteristics.” CASS mimeo (2006).
C. Urbanization and Development
1) World Development Report 1999/2000. Introductionpp. 46-50. Chapter 6 pp. 125-138
2) World Development Report 2009, “full report” on the web, Chapter 1 and 4.
3) Naughton text
Chapter 5, Sections 5.2 to 5.4: urbanization and migration
4)Fujita, Henderson, Kanemoto, and Mori. “Spatial Distribution of Economic Activities in
Chinaand Japan.” Handbook of Urban and Regional Economics (2004): 49-82.
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5)Henderson. “Urbanization in China: Policy Issues and Options,”CERAP background report for next five year plan (2009), Sections 2 and 3
6)Chan, Kam Wing. “Recent Migration in China: Patterns, Trends, and Policies.” Asian Perspective Vol. 25,No. 4 (2001): 127-155.
D. Migration and urban labor markets
1) Naughton text
Chapter 8, labor markets
Chapter 9, inequality
2) “Falling Through the Floor,”ChinaLabor Bulletin, CLB Research Series No. 2, 2006
3) H. Inagaki “South China’s Labor Shortage,” Mizuho Research Institute Paper, 2006
E. Land Markets
1)Ding C. and G. Knaap. “Urban Land Policy Reforming China’s Transitional Economy” in Ding and Song (eds) Emerging Land and Housing Markets in China(2005).
2)J. Zhu. “Transitional Institution for the Emerging Land Market in China.” Urban Studies 42 (2005): 1369-1390.
3)Zhu. “From Land Use Right to Land Development Right.” Urban Studies 4 (2004): 1249-1269.
F. Housing
1)Huang and Clark. “Housing Tenure Choice.” Urban Studies 39, 1 (2002):7-21 (only).
2)Huang. “Housing Markets, Government Behaviors, and Housing Choice: ACase Study of 3
Cities in China.” Environment and Planning A 36 (2004):45-68.
3)Logan, Fang and Zhang “Access to Housing in Urban China,” BrownUniversity mimeo
F. Migrants, Public Services and Housing
1)Zhou and Cai. “Trapped in Neglected Corners of a Booming Metropolis.” (2004) available on WebCT.
2)Wu and Rosenbaum. “Migration and Housing: Comparing China with U.S.” (2004)
Logan et al (eds.)
3)J. Kwong. “Educating Migrant Children: Negotiations between the State and Civil Society.” China Quarterly(2004):1073-1088.
4) Jiang “Living Conditions of the Floating Population,” Housing Studies, 2006
G. Neighborhoods and the State
1)Read and Pekkanen. “The State’s Evolving Relationship With Urban Society.”
Logan et al (eds.)
2)Huang and Low. “Collectivism, Political Control and Neighborhood Enclosures in Urban China.” Logan et al (eds.)
H. Culture
1)Wu. “Cultural Strategies in Shanghai …” (Bund), Progress in Planning 61 (2004): 159-180.
2)Esarye, “Cornering the Market: State Strategies for Controlling China’s Commercial Media,” Chapter 1
I. Beijing
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1)“Beijing: Symbol of Chinese Urbanization,” McKinsey report, 2009
2)Tomba L. “Residential Spam and Collective Interest Formation of Beijing’s Housing Disputes.” China Quarterly (2005): 934-951.
3)Deng FF and Y. Huand. “Uneven land reform and urban sprawl in China: The Case of Beijing.” Progress in Planning 61 (2004).
4)Zhou and Logan. “Suburbanization of Urban China: A Conceptual Framework.” Logan et al (eds.)
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