The course aims to enable students to identify the urban and social transformation of Chinese society since the market reforms and to understand its implications for both the development of the country and lives of its people. Major urban and social development issues such as urbanization, rural-urban migration, land use and housing, environmental protection, social re-stratification and inequality, civic society and the changing state-society relations will be examined and evaluated in the context of the changing institutional framework and increasing wealth of the country.

Continuous Assessment: 100%