Chu Kwok-chung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgements --- p.ii / List of Illustrations --- p.v / List of Tables --- p.vii / List of Appendix --- p.ix / Chapter / Chapter 1. --- "INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEMS, OBJECTIVE AND ITS SETTING" --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Urbanization as a current subject of great concern --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Urbanization Policies in China --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Shift of social concern to social well-being (SWB) in national development --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- The problems --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- Objective of this study --- p.8 / Chapter 1.6 --- The scope of the study --- p.9 / Chapter 1.7 --- The organization of the remainder of the thesis --- p.9 / Chapter 2. --- CONCEPTUAL BACKGROUND --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Definition of Spatial inequality --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Types of spatial inequalities and different levels and units of analysis in China --- p.12 / Chapter 2.3 --- Definition of Social Well-being --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- Ingredient of Social Well-being --- p.16 / Chapter 2.5 --- The present selection of the ingredient of SWB --- p.18 / Chapter 2.6 --- Characteristics of welfare goods allocation in China --- p.22 / Chapter 2.7 --- Two approaches in measuring spatial inequalities of SWB --- p.25 / Chapter 2.7.1 --- Single component approach --- p.26 / Chapter 2.7.2 --- Integrated approach --- p.27 / Chapter 3. --- RESEARCH DESIGN --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- Procedure of analysis --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- Assumptions and approximation --- p.34 / Chapter 3.3 --- Techniques of analysis and Treatment of Data --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Measuring spatial inequality via single variable --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Establishing the composite index of SWB --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Unit of analysis (UOA) and level of aggregation (LOA) --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Analyzing the association between the composite index and some economic variables --- p.45 / Chapter 4. --- SPATIAL INEQUALITY IN SEVERAL WELFARE INDICATORS OF CHINESE CITIES IN THE 1980s --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1 --- Spatial inequality by single indicators --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Income and Wealth --- p.48 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Living facilities --- p.63 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- Education --- p.69 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- Medical facilities --- p.72 / Chapter 4.2 --- Summary --- p.76 / Chapter 5. --- SPATIAL PATTERN OF SOCIAL WELL-BEING OF CHINESE CITIES IN THE 1980s --- p.78 / Chapter 5.1 --- Spatial pattern of social well-being of individual citie --- p.78 / Chapter 5.2 --- Results of different levels of aggregation of UOA --- p.105 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- SWB by City-class level --- p.105 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- SWB by provincial level --- p.107 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- SWB by Economic regions level --- p.110 / Chapter 5.3 --- Summary --- p.113 / Chapter 6. --- POSSIBLE FACTORS AFFECTING INEQUALITY OF URBAN SWB AND IMPLICATIONS ON CHINA'S URBANIZATION POLICIES --- p.116 / Chapter 6.1 --- Economic factors -- Influence of economic variables on urban SWB --- p.116 / Chapter 6.2 --- Policy factor - the formation of the urban SWB pattern --- p.123 / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Differentials of urban development due to biased priorities and conceptualization of cities --- p.124 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Urbanization policies -- population control polic --- p.132 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- The population control policy and the welfare services provision --- p.139 / Chapter 6.3 --- Examples -- the stories of two provincial capitals --- p.141 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Lanzhou --- p.142 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Kunming --- p.148 / Chapter 6.4 --- Implication on China's urbanization policies --- p.151 / Chapter 7. --- "SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH" --- p.158 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of findings --- p.158 / Chapter 7.2 --- Limitations of this study --- p.164 / Chapter 7.3 --- Directions for further research --- p.167 / Appendix / Bibliography
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318744 |
| Date | January 1991 |
| Contributors | Chu, Kwok-chung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Geography. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 169, [20] leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, China, China |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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