Cleavage, Connection and Conflict in Rural, Urban and Contemporary Asia

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bunnell, Tim (Editor), Parthasarathy, D. (Editor), Thompson, Eric C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: ARI - Springer Asia Series ; 3
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Anthropology.; Sociology.; Human geography.; Social Sciences.; Social Sciences, general.; Urbanism.; Human Geography.; Sociology, general.

Asia, the location of the world’s fastest-growing economies, is also home to some of the fastest rates of urbanization humanity has ever seen, a process whose speed renders long-term outcomes highly unpredictable. This volume contrasts with much published work on the rural/urban divide, which has te...