{"product_id":"9789819591084","title":"Urban Sustainability","description":"\u003ch1\u003eUrban Sustainability\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLi, Yanbo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-ogsb=\"white\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\" data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eThis book explores how China’s cities have been shaped by the enduring tension between maritime and continental worlds, and how this deep structural logic unfolds within everyday urban situations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-ogsb=\"white\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003eRather than reducing urbanization to policy, markets, or rapid growth, Yanbo Li traces how multiple forces operate simultaneously in concrete settings—migration flows, administrative practices, redevelopment projects, community negotiations, and historical legacies. Within these situations, the contrasting pulls of coast and interior predispose distinctive patterns of expansion, transformation, and urban life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-ogsb=\"white\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ogsc=\"black\"\u003eFocusing on Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta—where China’s historical shift between land and sea has been most intensely negotiated and rendered visible— the book draws on historical analysis and detailed cases to show Chinese urbanization as a dynamic process in which deep structural tensions become visible through lived situations, continually reshaping cities across time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2026-08-06\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789819591084\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 179\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46413556744332,"sku":"9789819591084","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789819591084_514dc9b4-7520-4cb1-85ef-b09a9c68ff5e.jpg?v=1779971382","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789819591084","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}