Online Urbanization
Online Services in China's Rural Transformation
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2019
XXIX, 218 pages
978-981-13-3603-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book highlights the new urban-rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba's rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban-rural relationship throughout China's history, and of academic literature on the study of space, it explains the special logic of urbanization in China. As such, the book makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature on the space of flows and grassrooting, aspects that are essential to appreciating the complexity of the new urban-rural relationship in underdeveloped areas (including developing countries and underdeveloped areas in developed countries) in the ongoing information era.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
Springer Singapore
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XXIX, 218 p.
File size
11,15 MB
ISBN-13
978-981-13-3603-4 (9789811336034)
DOI
10.1007/978-981-13-3603-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2019
Springer
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Person
Dr. Li Zi has substantial experience in urbanization in Europe and Asia, especially in China. He is the co-founder of I-Village and the Rural Community Development Group (RCDG), a researcher at the National University of Singapore and a guest researcher at Alibaba's New Rural Institute. He hold PhD (National University of Singapore) and Master (TU Delft) in Urbanism. His research focuses on exploring the new spatial distribution of urban-rural China, taking into account the emergence of online services and e-commerce systems.
