6Assessment Report on Urban Transformation and Upgrading Capabilities in China

A Literature Review on Urban Transformation and Upgrading Research

The fields of urban transformation and upgrading have for some time been significant to both academic and policy study. More recently, such study has begun to address the challenges that have developed in the earlier period of industrialisation, such as resource shortage, environment deterioration, social tensions, the wide gap between rural and urban areas, and urbanisation lagging behind industrialisation. Here we explore the definition, pattern, and influential factors of urban transformation and upgrading in China.

The Content of Urban Transformation and Upgrading

In the early stages, scholars ...

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