title: On rural urbanization in China.
abstract: The author reviews "the debate regarding rural urbanization in the Chinese literature and the political factions that support different positions. He also introduces us to the complexity of defining ¿urbanization' in a Chinese context. He cautions us in the use of the common but important yardsticks for measuring basic data, such as growth in the officially registered urban population or an increase in the number of rurally registered people who change to nonagricultural registration status, that is, urban-registered status (nong zhuan fei)." A comparison of urbanization in different prosperous areas is made.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D005843:Geography; D011153:Population; D012106:Research; D012939:Social Planning; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014505:Urban Population; D014507:Urbanization
keywords: Asia; China; Comparative Studies; Data Collection; Data Sources; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Economic Factors; Geographic Factors; Literature Review; Population; Research Methodology; Rural Development; Spatial Distribution; Studies; Terminology; Urban Spatial Distribution; Urbanization