Cities of Dragons and Elephants

Guanghua Wan is Director of the Institute of World Economy, Fudan University, China. Previously he was the Research Director and Head of the Poverty and Inequality Group at the Asian Development Bank. He has also previously held positions as a Senior Economist at the United Nations and taught at a number of universities in Australia and China. Trained in development economis and econometrics, Prof Wan is a multi-award winning scholar on the Chinese economy and an expert on Asia, with a publication record encompassing over 150 articles and numerous books. Dr Wan is an Honorary Professor of over ten top universities in China, and is among the top 4% economists in Asia.Ming Lu is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and Director of the Shanghai Institute for the National Economy, and a Research Fellow at the China Institute of Urban Governance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Fudan University, Singapore Management University, and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics. He has consulted for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. His research covers labor economics, regional and urban-rural development, and the Chinese economy. His most recent work evaluates urban and regional development policies and their effects on resource allocation and economic sustainability.

• 1: Introduction Part I: Urbanization and Rural Development 2: Urbanization and Rural Development in the People's Republic of China 3: Costs and Benefits of Urbanization: The Indian Case Part II: Urban Systems 4: Urban System and Urban Development in the People's Republic of China 5: City-Size Distributions in a Quasi-Open Economy The India Evidence Part III: Migration 6: Migration in the People's Republic of China 7: Rural to Urban Migration and Urban Labour Market Part IV: Land and Housing 8: Housing Systems and Urbanization in the People's Republic of China 9: Land Policy and Urbanization in the People's Republic of China 10: Urbanization, Land and Housing in India: Options Amidst the State and the Market Failures Part V: Capital Flow and FDI 11: Foreign Direct Investment, Capital Flows, and Urbanization 12: Regional and Urban Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in India Part VI: Infrastructure 13: Infrastructure 14: Infrastructure and Urbanization in India: Issues and Challenges Part VII: Human Capital 15: Human Capital and Urbanization in the People's Republic of China 16: Human Capital and Urbanization in India Part VIII: Congestion and Pollution 17: Congestion and Pollution in Chinese Cities 18: Urbanization and Water Supply and Sanitation in India 19: Air Pollution and Traffic Congestion in Urban India Part IX: Poverty and Inequality in Urbanization 20: Urbanization, Inequality and Poverty in the People's Republic of China 21: Growth, Inequality, Poverty and Urbanization

the edited volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of urbanization trajectories in both countries with rich details and sophisticated statistics. It will be a useful reference book for academics to get an overview of institutional changes in key domains in both countries. Another valuable element of the volume is the reflection on policy relevance, making it appealing to audiences outside academia.