How Long to Read Governing the Urban in China and India

How Long Does it Take to Read Governing the Urban in China and India?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 30 minutes to read Governing the Urban in China and India by Xuefei Ren

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

An in-depth look at the distinctly different ways that China and India govern their cities and how this impacts their residents Urbanization is rapidly overtaking China and India, the two most populous countries in the world. One-sixth of humanity now lives in either a Chinese or Indian city. This transformation has unleashed enormous pressures on land use, housing, and the environment. Despite the stakes, the workings of urban governance in China and India remain obscure and poorly understood. In this book, Xuefei Ren explores how China and India govern their cities and how their different styles of governance produce inequality and exclusion. Drawing upon historical-comparative analyses and extensive fieldwork (in Beijing, Guangzhou, Wukan, Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata), Ren investigates the ways that Chinese and Indian cities manage land acquisition, slum clearance, and air pollution. She discovers that the two countries address these issues through radically different approaches. In China, urban governance centers on territorial institutions, such as hukou and the cadre evaluation system. In India, urban governance centers on associational politics, encompassing contingent alliances formed among state actors, the private sector, and civil society groups. Ren traces the origins of territorial and associational forms of governance to late imperial China and precolonial India. She then shows how these forms have evolved to shape urban growth and residents’ struggles today. As the number of urban residents in China and India reaches beyond a billion, Governing the Urban in China and India makes clear that the development of cities in these two nations will have profound consequences well beyond their borders.

How long is Governing the Urban in China and India?

Governing the Urban in China and India by Xuefei Ren is 206 pages long, and a total of 52,736 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 64% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Governing the Urban in China and India Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 48 minutes to read Governing the Urban in China and India aloud.

What Reading Level is Governing the Urban in China and India?

Governing the Urban in China and India is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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