Essays about: "china thesis rural"

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  1. 11. Urban, green and edible : an investigation of the urban agricultural landscape of Xi’an

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Tarina Levin; [2017]
    Keywords : urban agriculture; landscape architecture; productive cultivation in cities; urban agriculture in Xi’an;

    Abstract : An ongoing urbanization process is changing the landscape of contemporary China. Agricultural lands are being used for real estate development, resulting in a further dependency of agricultural products from the global market. READ MORE

  3. 12. Making space for reading : a study of rural reading rooms in Yunnan Province, PRC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

    Author : Maria Ulrika Löfblad; [2017]
    Keywords : ALM; Library- and Information Studies; reading rooms; the People’s Republic of China; Yunnan Province; rural areas; New Socialist Countryside; development; grounded theory; the General Administration for Press and Printing; village politics; policy implementation; guerrilla fieldwork; governmentality; Michel Foucault; spatial planning.; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the meanings behind rural reading rooms (tushushi) in Yunnan Province, PRC. Rural reading rooms are small libraries attached to the village Party compound in Chinese villages; for the past decade 600 000 reading rooms have been established in administrative villages in China, and now benefit more than 1 billion farmers in what is arguably the world’s most important developing nation. READ MORE

  4. 13. Urbanization and Income Inequality in China in the period 2001-2012

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Peilin Wei; [2016]
    Keywords : Urbanization income inequality Kuznets inverted U shape; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the relationship between urbanization and income inequality in China in the period 2001 to 2012. To analyze this question, firstly, it studies the urbanization development by looking of the urbanization ratio, growth rate of urban population and the share of agriculture in GDP. READ MORE

  5. 14. Designing Urban-Rural Interaction: an Ethnographic Case Study of Design Harvest

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Ling Ge; [2016]
    Keywords : Social design; sustainable development; urban-rural interaction; negotiation;

    Abstract : Social design has come to the fore in the past decade in convergence with social innovation, social entrepreneurship and design thinking. Despite the momentum of social design, the complexities of social design projects are often oversimplified in final publications. READ MORE

  6. 15. Migrating Cities : How to redefine the regional development in China

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Guo Chen; [2015]
    Keywords : migrants; living condition;

    Abstract : With the rapid development of the urbanization in China, more and more migrants who are mainly from the relatively poor areas move to big cities in order to obtain the economic benefits. However, rather than living condition of migrants and rural development, people pay more attention to the economic development of the city. READ MORE