Description
| Product ID: | 9789811336027 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | SG |
| Series: | Advances in 21st Century Human Settlements |
| Title: | Online Urbanization |
| Subtitle: | Online Services in China’s Rural Transformation |
| Authors: | Author: Li Zi |
| Page Count: | 218 |
| Subjects: | E-commerce: business aspects, E-commerce: business aspects, Economic geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Computer networking and communications, Economic geography, Urban & municipal planning, Computer networking & communications, China |
| Description: | This book highlights the new urban–rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer Verlag, Singapore |
| Publisher Name: | Springer Verlag, Singapore |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-01-17 |
