Small town development and rural urbanization in China

Bibliographic Data

ID3986300
AuthorsGabe T Wang (William Paterson University), Xiaobo Hu (0000-0003-3047-9510, Morehead State University)
Year1999
Volume29
Issue1
Pages76-94
Publication date1999-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00472339980000051
PMID21987864
OpenAlexW1994276463
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited29

A new way of urbanization has emerged in China where farmers are urbanizing the rural areas instead of migrating to the large cities. This article addresses the question of why current urbanization takes this direction in which surplus labor has been transferred from agriculture into the industrial and service sectors without leaving the rural areas. The findings indicate that continual population pressure and reform policies in post-Mao China have resulted in strategic development of small towns in the rural areas. In this development, township and village enterprises have been the locomotive of rural urbanization. Institutional constraints could be moved, created, or utilized in a way which can be conductive for social development. The rural urbanization in China could be significant for many developing countries

Agriculture · Business · China · Developing country · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Population · Rural area · Service (business · Sociology · Tertiary sector of the economy · Urbanization · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Rural development and sustainability · Urbanization and City Planning

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