Urbanizing China: A Reflective Dialogue

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SES #	TOPICS
Preface
1	Multiple Interpretations: Urbanization Out of Sync
2	Is China an Outlier? China’s Urbanization in the Historical and International Contexts
3	Fundamentals: Hukou and Migration
Land Market, Public Finance, Real Estate Development
4	Land-use and Public Finance Institutions in China: An Overview
5	Land Quota Market in Chongqing and Chengdu: De-spatialize Land Transfer
6	Brownfields in Beijing Chemical Plant: How Cities Recycle Industrial Land
7	Integrating the Proposed Property Tax with the Public Leasehold System
8–9	Module Summary; Student Presentations for Phase 1: Ideas
Transportation, Economy, Energy, Environment and Technology
10	Dispersion of Urban Agglomeration through High-Speed Rail
11	Managing Car Ownership in Chinese Mega Cities
12	Costs of Air Pollution: Focusing on its Human Health Damage
13	Advancing Low-Carbon Cities: Pathways through CERC
14	Module Summary; Student Presentations for Phase 2: Proposals
15	Progress in Energy Efficiency: Technology, Policy and Market in China’s Automobile Sectors
16	Financing Urban Access: Transportation, Form and Land Grabbing
17	Understanding and Untangling Complex Urban Issues through Emerging Big Data
18–19	Module Summary; Student Presentations for Phase 3: Literature
Social, Cultural and Political
20	Drifting and Getting Stuck: Migrants in Chinese Cities
21	Urbanization vs. Citizenization: Self-employed Migrants in Wangjingxi Market
22	Spatial Justice in Affordable Housing Design in Ningbo
23	Preserving Beijing’s Spatial Tradition in Rapid Urban Development
24	Aging Society: Offering Care to the Elderly in the Confucius Society
25	Forging Greater Xi’an: New Regional Strategies and their Urban Outcomes
26	Social Housing in China—Explorations, Practices, and Dilemmas
27	Course Summary: Alternative Narratives of China’s Urbanization; Student Presentations for Phase 4: Team Project