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Intro; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; 1 Urbanization and the New Phase of Growth in China; 1.1 From the Initial Stage to a New Growth; 1.1.1 Urbanization as the Post-industrialization Engine of National Development; 1.1.2 Gradual Progression of Urbanization: One Region at a Time; 1.1.3 Notable Slowing-Down of the Widening Urban-Rural Gap; 1.1.4 Eradicating the Dualistic Structure and Realizing Urban-Rural Integration; 1.2 Developmental Stages, Characteristics and Functions of China's Urbanization; 1.2.1 China's New Growth Phase and Its Predominantly Urban Population
1.2.2 The Urbanization Process Enters Its Middle Stage1.2.3 Constant Breakthroughs in the Expected Economic Benefits of Urban Agglomeration; 1.2.4 Cities as the Main Consumer Markets; 1.2.5 Significance of Structural Elasticity and Land Value Appreciation for Capital Accumulation; 1.2.6 Urban Area Becoming Space for Service Industry and Source of Innovation; 1.3 Main Problems in China's Urbanization Process; 1.3.1 Huge Urban-Rural Disparity; 1.3.2 Urbanization Lags Behind Industrialization and the Decline in the Relative Contribution of Agriculture to the National Economy
1.3.3 Population Urbanization Lags Behind Land Urbanization1.3.4 Inefficient and Wasteful Land Use; 1.3.5 Emergence of "Urban Diseases" and "Rural Diseases": Air Pollution, Traffic Jam and Depressed Rural Area; 1.4 Strategies for Facilitating Urbanization; 1.4.1 Give Full Play to the Leading Role of Urbanization in Economic and Social Development; 1.4.2 Enhance the Capacity of Big Cities to Achieve Efficient Resource-Use and Outstanding Growth Performance; 1.4.3 Developing City Clusters; 1.4.4 Constructing Better Small Towns
1.4.5 Accelerating the Transformation of Migrant Workers into Urban Citizens1.4.6 New Urbanization in Urban-Rural Integrated Development; 2 Urbanization and Improvements in People's Living Standards: An Overview; 2.1 Investigation Method and Data Specification; 2.1.1 Sampling Design and Process; 2.1.2 Pattern and Procedure of the Survey Implementation; 2.2 Living Conditions of Urban and Rural Residents; 2.2.1 Significant Improvements in Living Standards; 2.2.2 Growing Coverage of Social Security; 2.2.3 Employment Pressure Has Been Somewhat Alleviated
Rights and Interests of Informal Employees Should Be Better Protected2.3 Analysis of Issues Related to Urbanization; 2.3.1 Non-agricultural Jobs Account for the Vast Majority of Available Jobs; Slow Pace of Household Registration System Reform Leads to the Phenomenon of "Partial-Urbanization"; 2.3.2 Social Distance Between Urban and Rural Residents Makes It Difficult for Some Migrants to Become Fully Integrated; 2.4 Social Attitudes of Urban and Rural Residents; 2.4.1 Changes in Public Concern Over Social Issues
1.2.2 The Urbanization Process Enters Its Middle Stage1.2.3 Constant Breakthroughs in the Expected Economic Benefits of Urban Agglomeration; 1.2.4 Cities as the Main Consumer Markets; 1.2.5 Significance of Structural Elasticity and Land Value Appreciation for Capital Accumulation; 1.2.6 Urban Area Becoming Space for Service Industry and Source of Innovation; 1.3 Main Problems in China's Urbanization Process; 1.3.1 Huge Urban-Rural Disparity; 1.3.2 Urbanization Lags Behind Industrialization and the Decline in the Relative Contribution of Agriculture to the National Economy
1.3.3 Population Urbanization Lags Behind Land Urbanization1.3.4 Inefficient and Wasteful Land Use; 1.3.5 Emergence of "Urban Diseases" and "Rural Diseases": Air Pollution, Traffic Jam and Depressed Rural Area; 1.4 Strategies for Facilitating Urbanization; 1.4.1 Give Full Play to the Leading Role of Urbanization in Economic and Social Development; 1.4.2 Enhance the Capacity of Big Cities to Achieve Efficient Resource-Use and Outstanding Growth Performance; 1.4.3 Developing City Clusters; 1.4.4 Constructing Better Small Towns
1.4.5 Accelerating the Transformation of Migrant Workers into Urban Citizens1.4.6 New Urbanization in Urban-Rural Integrated Development; 2 Urbanization and Improvements in People's Living Standards: An Overview; 2.1 Investigation Method and Data Specification; 2.1.1 Sampling Design and Process; 2.1.2 Pattern and Procedure of the Survey Implementation; 2.2 Living Conditions of Urban and Rural Residents; 2.2.1 Significant Improvements in Living Standards; 2.2.2 Growing Coverage of Social Security; 2.2.3 Employment Pressure Has Been Somewhat Alleviated
Rights and Interests of Informal Employees Should Be Better Protected2.3 Analysis of Issues Related to Urbanization; 2.3.1 Non-agricultural Jobs Account for the Vast Majority of Available Jobs; Slow Pace of Household Registration System Reform Leads to the Phenomenon of "Partial-Urbanization"; 2.3.2 Social Distance Between Urban and Rural Residents Makes It Difficult for Some Migrants to Become Fully Integrated; 2.4 Social Attitudes of Urban and Rural Residents; 2.4.1 Changes in Public Concern Over Social Issues