Advantages Of Urbanization In China

As the modern day economy continues to grow, more and more discussion are emerging revolving around what are the factors that led to the successful economic growth in some countries and one country that has been gaining researcher’s interest is China and the development of Beijing from a third world country in the to a developed and Newly industrialized country today.

Paul Goldberger, an American architectural critic once quoted, “Urbanism works when it creates the journey as desirable as the destination.”

The period from the late 19th century to the early 20th century is important in the urban development history of Canadian and American. Urbanization is a historical process that contains urban development. Urbanization is a process of population concentration as well as a process that advanced production modes substitute backward modes. At the same time, it is also the process to adapt to the mode of production and to innovate lifestyle. Hence, urbanization is a dynamic process that many aspects of economics, society and culture comprehensively transform caused by the revolution of social productive forces.

Urban development is the social, cultural, economic and physical development of cities. The development of cities is the main topic of human geography. Urban development can be used in different ways by the researchers. It can cause the price of things to increase fast. Urban development occurs in major cities like New York City, Tokyo, Japan. Urban development started back in the earlier cities like Mesopotamia, Egypt. This spreads the culture that affect people which makes them want to go to the major cities. Over fifty percent of the earth’s population lives in urban areas. Studies show by 2045 that the number of people living in a urban area will increase.

Humans have evolved immensely throughout centuries and the trend toward urbanization is a worldwide phenomenon that impacts the environment, economy and various aspects of human life. In America before the 18th century, manufacturing was done by hand using homemade tools and basic machinery, the industrialization of America led to an increase of immigration and an influx of people drawn to cities where new economic opportunities were available. “Urbanization is the process by which town and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas”. It occurs casually from individual and corporate efforts to reduce expense in commuting and transportation. The level and growth of urbanization differs by region

Furthermore, the argument that china experienced opportunity costs as a result of the urban state-centric growth model remains convincing, as the Chinese economy and society deteriorated as a result of these reforms. Some of the greatest costs endured were stagnant household income, increased illiteracy and collapse of health care systems which Huang clearly rests the blame on the1990s reforms. On the other hand, I feel that Huang does not explore the nature of why the Chinese government employed economic reforms that shifted more focus on urban areas. The decentralized policies pursued in the 1980s led to a decrease in government revenue and periods of increased inflation, which caused major urban demonstrations. The reforms of the 1990s were a reaction to consequences of the 1980s, the Chinese government-almost- had to employ these new reforms in order to mitigate demonstrators, solve the economic problems brought on by the 1980s and legitimize its power. Huang place too much focus on the leadership change post-Tiananmen as reason for increased urban shift. In addition, I am not fully convinced after reading Huang’s Capitalism with Chinese characteristics that China could have continued the course of the 1980s, as a country’s economy grows it is expected that there will be a shift

The first reason why I would like to live in Urban China is because of the high income and the population. The income that people can make is $4,000. The article “Rural Life in China” explained, “Average disposable annual income for Chinese

The world as we know it is experiencing an unprecedented shift for the first time witnessed in human history. It wasn’t even 100 years ago that the world was still overwhelmingly rural with global urban population rates around 10%. Fast forward to 2015, now accounting for roughly around 53% of the worlds population living in cities and is projected to rise to around 67% by 2050.1 The comparative analysis sets out to understand the opportunities and challenges among the North American megacity New York and the Asian megacity of Beijing. The metropolitan area of both New York and Beijing consist of a population each over 10 million people, which generally defines as a megacity. A “megacity” can also be coined as world city, global city, megalopolis, metropolis, conurbation, and agglomeration. Megacities such as New York and Beijing are comprised of a central core, surrounded by satellite cities within daily commuting distances, separated by greenspace. Thus, urban agglomerations can be numerous cities and towns when they are linked by the flows of people, goods, and information, as long as the aggregate population exceeds 10 million.2

Urbanization of lands in China have had a prominent effect on the lives of its people, including the inhabitants of both the peripheral and central cities throughout the country. In

Urbanisation is the process which has led to an increasing proportion of a country's population living within urban areas. It is impossible to say exactly when the process began, but in Britain it was around the time of the industrial revolution. Many people moved from rural to urban areas in search of regular employment. The MEDC's around the world are all urbanised now, with annual growth rates of urbanisation still increasing, but sustainably. LEDC's however are still rapidly urbanising. In this essay I am going to look at all the factors that cause urbanisation and evaluate why it is occurring.

This evidence shows that urbanisation contributes a lot to the public transport system in Guangdong. There have built several different kinds of public transports that can connect to many other cities. People can use these public transports equally. By using these convenient transports, people can live a high-efficiency life because less time is spent on the way. That is to say, even those people far away from Guangdong can go to Guangdong quickly and access the resources in Guangdong more easily. So people can enjoy different kinds of resources equally because of convenient transport. Secondly, urbanisation brings more goods to citizens and people can improve their life quality by using these goods. According to Li & Yao (2009, p. 1995), electrical appliances are becoming popular because of urbanisation. For example, air conditional owner-ship is rapidly growing up in China. Some families even have more than two units. From this evidence, it can be showed that urbanisation brings more modernised goods such as air conditioners to citizens. Citizens can access these useful goods more easily and they are able to live a higher standard life by using these goods. They have the same opportunities to buy these goods to improve their life quality. This means the opportunities to improve the quality of life can become equal in the society. All in all, urbanisation builds an equitable

China has vast resources like coal and fossil fuel and hydro electric potential. The problem is the development of the infrastructure. The geological position off resources and the fragmentation of the regions and the poor development of the infrastructure can hamper growth. There is a greater phase of urbanization in China now but this is lesser by the world level and there are vast regional and cultural differences within the Chinese towns that lend a distinct cultural ethos to the urbanization and functioning of organizations. (Mengkui; Bingwen, 2006, p. 112) This can be seen in the problem of transporting coal, the major source of power, and the location of the dams and other infrastructure that were created by the centralized regime. The problem is that the political system of China is unitary and the entire provinces have their decisions made by the Centre at Beijing

As we all know, with the enhancement of the world, the amount of cities in the world are augmenting rapidly. For instance, when the People 's Republic of China was established, most areas of China were rural areas. However, when China has sufficient funds to program, we are definitely witnessing the urbanization of China. China not only has plenty of advanced facilities in downtown, but it also is feasting conveniences simultaneously that the urbanization is generating. This paper will explore some aspects about the urbanization of China, and how economical force influence the urbanization. In addition, the paper will analyze the relation between health of people and the urbanization. What is more, the paper will also discuss the how the urbanization impact the population distribution in urban and rural areas. Finally, the paper will analyze if the policy aided the urbanization of China.

Urbanization is defined as rapid population growth in urban areas. There are four major causes for urbanisation including: rapid economic growth, population increase, economies of scale and multiplier effect. The environment around us is heavily affected by urbanisation, bringing advantages and disadvantages along with it. Almost 45 per cent of the world's population which is two and a half billion people are living in urban areas.

Although people want to migrate to the more developed cities, the Hukou system limits the opportunities for them to develop in cities. However, there are still millions of rural people moving to the big cities to seek for opportunities each