An edition of Ghost cities of China (2015)
Ghost cities of China
the story of cities without people in the world's most populated country
By Wade Shepard
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
Zed Books
Language
eng
Pages
218
Description:
"Featuring everything from sports stadiums to shopping malls, hundreds of new cities in China stand empty, with hundreds more set to be built by 2030. Between now and then, the country's urban population will leap to over one billion, as the central government kicks its urbanization initiative into overdrive. In the process, traditional social structures are being torn apart, and a rootless, semi-displaced, consumption orientated culture rapidly taking their place. Ghost Cities of China is an enthralling dialogue driven, on-location search for an understanding of China's new cities and the reasons why many currently stand empty."--