Villes chinoises, compressed urbanisation et mondialisations

• Main Author: Laurence Roulleau-Berger
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Métropoles 2018-10-01
• Series: Métropoles
• Subjects: compressed urbanization; chinese cities; biopolitics; intermediate globalizations
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/metropoles/6149

In this article, we will discuss the process of compressed urbanization in China by the contraction of temporalities and urban spaces, a very rapid development and a process of multiplication of Cities, the creation of new ones in rural areas, the emergence of urban transition zones between mega-cities and countryside, the coexistence of biopolitics and participatory forms of democracy, intermediate globalizations in Chinese cities. We will distinguish four compressed urbanization regimes that inform the social, economic, political and cultural dynamics of Chinese cities and define a Chinese experience.