First published in 1999, this volume aims to explore the impact of China’s recent economic reforms and dynamic economic progress on land use, the property mar

This in-depth volume explains China's residential construction boom and reviews how some established trends are likely to challenge its housing market in coming

Qiao demonstrates how an impersonal and unbounded market can operate without legal protection or enforcement of property and contract rights.

In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land

Introducing readers to the far-reaching global orientation that is now taking place in urban China, an international team of contributors describe overarching g