The driving force of urbanization

Author: Zhong Xiuming
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: Urbanization is one of the universal laws of social development and a major issue that needs attention in the process of human development in the 21st century. Historically, the process of urbanization has been synchronized with human productive activities and has developed along with the advancement of productivity. However, modern urbanization is a social phenomenon that emerged after the Industrial Revolution in Britain. Generally speaking, urbanization is the historical process of the transformation of human production and lifestyles from traditional rural patterns to modern urban patterns, primarily manifested as the conversion of rural population to urban population and the continuous development and improvement of cities. The profound meaning of this transformation lies in the fact that urbanization is not merely a change in the rural-urban population structure, but also a change in industrial structure and the overall regional spatial structure, representing a revolution in which modern urban civilization profoundly influences human production and lifestyles. For this reason, when countries study economic and social development, they inevitably research the laws of urbanization movement; and when governments formulate economic and social development plans, they generally attach great importance to urbanization development strategies. Therefore, conducting in-depth research on urbanization strategies and the driving mechanisms of urbanization is of great significance both theoretically and practically. This book is divided into seven chapters, which are: Chapter 1 Review of Urbanization Theories; Chapter 2 Construction of Urbanization Driving Mechanism Models; Chapter 3 Industrial Transformation and Urbanization; Chapter 4 Institutional Arrangements and Urbanization; Chapter 5 Labor Mobility and Urbanization; Chapter 6 Analysis and Countermeasures of Urbanization Driving Mechanism in China; Chapter 7 Empirical Research on Urbanization Driving Mechanism—Taking Henan Province as an Example.