China's Urbanization

The residential construction in Shanghai became more and more, which represent the citizen’s life situation became better and better. It reflects that China’s economy situation became better.

/////////These ideas bring me to my final point that corporate greed may be destroying the dreams of a green and eco-friendly world. “The former Shanghai Communist Party chief and Dongtan’s primary political backer, was sentenced in 2008 to 18 years in prison on corruption charges.” The New York Times. The party chief who at the time was spear heading the operation caused a momentary standstill in the plans. Also a failure to consult the general populous made it seem as though the people had no voice in the ideas of renovating their own city. With money or political standings backing every decision, it appears as though the government had stepped and put their ideas of what is better for the masses. This of course we know not to be true, and their failed attempt at a Utilitarian view demonstrates that the backers of the project were only thinking of themselves and not putting the needs of the people first. Sze brings up a valid point, that as well as the corruption in the government, there is also a contradictory belief that building an eco-city is eco-friendly. When in fact the production of the metals and plastic that it takes to even make an attempt at a self-sustained city might

The so-called powerhouse country that was known to be Japan, known to be unstoppable was known never to fall. Japan seemed to be unstoppable after there amazing recovery post World War II compared to the rest of the effected countries. Japan had an economic bubble in the 1980’s to the later part of the decade however; an insidious cancer took root and metastasized in Japan’s economic infrastructure. The cancer was vastly over-inflated

The growth advanced Japan to rank as the 2nd largest economy in the world rivaling the United States. However, this economic growth started slowing in the 1970s and in 1990 real estate and stock prices crashed and “the bubble burst” (Drogus and Orvis 240). Luckily, the government managed to get the economy back up and running in 2003 when Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi reduced regulation, privatized the postal service saving system, and lowered deficit spending.

Mark explains in Chapter 4 why the Europeans were able to industrialize and why China and India did not. He says the Europeans were heavily focused on trade, variety of specializations, and improved transportation. While the biological old regime and the particularities of China's situation was pushing it toward an increasingly labor-intensive agri-culture, rather than toward an industrial revolution. He explains that Europe’s coal and colonies propelled them. The author talks about India and how important it was around the 1700. India around 1700 was the largest exporter of cotton textiles in the world and supplied textiles not just to meet English demand, but throughout the world as well... and that India accounted for fully one quarter of

The early 2000s recession was a decline in economic activity which mainly occurred in developed countries. The decline affect the European Union throughout 2000 and 2001 and the United States during 2002 and 2003. The UK, Canada and Australia avoided the decline, while Russia, a nation that did not experience affluence throughout the 1990s, in fact began to recover from said situation Japan's 1990s recession sustained. This recession was predicted by economists, because the boom of the 1990s (accompanied by both low inflation and low employment) slowed in a few parts of East Asia throughout the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The recession in manufacturing countries wasn't as momentous as either of the two preceding worldwide recessions. Some economists in the United States object to characterize it as a recession since there were no two successive quarters of pessimistic growth. After the comparatively placid

As well as environmental concerns, there are also social concerns, such as the rural population are not seeing the positives of the economic boom, which is not fair as they work just as hard. Also it’s the rapid development that is taking their farm land to either convert it to homes for the county’s fast growing population and taking land in place of factories for the also fast growing industries – housing is regularly demolished and in 2007 300,00 people were evicted from their homes; to create space. 20% of the Chinese population live on less than $1 per day, also in China, child labour is not uncommon, and this is in order to keep up with the rapid growth within industries.

had global impacts because the global market was so interconnected that it caused many other recessions, such as the U.S. recession of 2008 C.E. The Asian financial crisis had the largest effects on Japan because Japan’s economy and industry were steadily increasing and they were on a path to begin out producing the United States. However, the depression was so bad that Japan has still yet to recover from it. Japan’s GDP suffered a loss greater than that of the United States during the Great Depression. The recession was so severe, that the economy of that region of Asia rapidly declined. The recession of Asia was so severe that only the United States, Japan, and international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund were able to help partially improve the economy. The United States has been in a similar recession since 2008 A.D. This is most obvious in the housing market of the U.S., which has suffered the greatest loss. Before the recession, many began to build homes and buy homes because the market was so profitable. However, when the market took a turn for the worse, many were forced to sell their homes or abandon their building

throughout China. “An expansive new infrastructure grid-- which includes a 13,000 kilometer high-speed rail network, over 60,000 kilometers of new highways, and nearly a hundred new airports-- was spread over the country.” (Shepard) Unlike Kibera, China has rapid urban development. They are taking farmland, and turning it into cities. While more than 50% of the world’s population will be living in Chinese cities, the government has been working to make sure that the country’s cities are going to be long-term. “By 2030, Chinese cities will be home to more than 1 billion people- or up to 70% of the population. This rapid pace of urbanization has required some innovative plans in China. Local, regional and national policy- makers and planners are working to ensure the long- term sustainability of the country’s cities.” (Myers)

Urban China is a beautiful place to live in. For instance, those that live in Urban China have a high income, a high population, have people that focus on what children do throughout the day, and make sure that children are provided with an enormous amount of education. I, personally would like to live in Urban China. The Urban part of China has so much to offer, it is not a big surprise that many people decide to live there. I would love to live in Urban China, along with the other people that already do.

Since the industrial revolution, many developed and developing countries have begun the process of urbanization to achieve faster development. The transformation from rural to urban brings the human beings convenience and wealth. However, in the past decade, many cities have met not only benefits but also challenges. Environmental problems continue to grow in those high-density areas. To investigate these problems and their influences, two cities, from a developed country and a developing country each, New York City (the U.S.A) and Shanghai (China) are chosen to compare. Both cities are economic centers in their own countries. New York City started its urbanization in the 19th century while Shanghai started in around 1980s. The process NYC has experienced, especially environmental problems, is a good example for Shanghai government to learn from when it continues its urbanization step in the future. Three problems are investigated: air pollution, water quality and soil contamination. These ones are significant in our lives as they can affect our organs and thus influences our health directly.

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

Urbanization brings with it a disparity between rural and urban living standards. Nonetheless, in China this gap has started to become quite severe and has become a cause for concern (Naughton 113). Chinas Gini coefficient is currently at .415, which displays the increasing disparity in the country ("DISTRIBUTION OF FAMILY"). The rural-urban divide begun with the different ways the Chinese government ran the rural and urban areas. The urban areas were fully under control of the central government and since they were seen as the building blocks of the country they received many governmental subsidies. Workers in urban areas received pensions, healthcare, had job security, cheaper consumer goods due to subsidies and often had access to

In many areas of the world, the increase of population always caused an issue with adequate housing. While some countries do better than others at controlling the situation, there is always a percentage of people that live in the slums. About 55.6% of the population in China are currently living in the urban areas which is fairly good in a country such as China, compared to the 18.3% in 1982.1 However the rate of urbanization is at a rate of 3.01%, which is a fairly high rate as compared to the world.32With over 44.4% of China’s population not living in an urbanized area, rises the question of how to quickly and effectively move the slum population into adequate housing. Many questions arise from urbanizing a large portion of a population such as, how can China manage its population, how can China decrease the social barrier between the slums and urban areas, and lastly what classifies as adequate housing?

China is one of the major economical players in today’s international market. China’s economy is the “seconds largest in the world after the United States” (Joseph, 63). This is a striking achievement due to fact that China is a “developing country”. China has achieved a great amount of success through the collaboration of political and economical regimes. The economical growth in China led to “one of the biggest improvements in human welfare anywhere at anytime” (Kristof, 15). Currently, China is experiencing a real-estate bubble. This eventually will hit a climax, disrupting the real-estate market within China. This real estate bubble that China is undergoing is considered one of the "biggest housing