By Qian Zhang, Xiangzheng Deng
This publication goals to offer implications for China’s city improvement via foreign comparability of urbanization method from the point of view of spatio-temporal development, riding elements, rural-urban interactions, improvement tendencies and economic-ecological-social synergic improvement. the study hotspot of the overseas city stories, this ebook identifies demanding situations and possibilities within the means of city improvement via interpreting and evaluating urbanization pathways of numerous Asian nations as for representatives. It offers either choice help for China’s city improvement and administration, and clinical aid for the sustainable city improvement in Asian nations.
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In the 1960s, the Israeli government focused on the development of the southern and northern parts of the country, especially directing industrial investment to those parts and also providing them with cheap land, tax incentives, export subsidies, and other policies or actions. In addition, the government achieved a more balanced geographic distribution of the domestic population through the rational planning of industrial layout. 3 Characteristics of Israel’s Urbanization Urbanization is closely linked to national security strategies Because of Israel’s special national conditions, its urbanization has been placed into the national security strategy framework, and this is the most prominent feature of Israeli urbanization.
The number of cities containing more than 10,000 inhabitants increased to nine, with the urbanization rate reaching 50 %. Despite the rapid development of urbanization, the total urban population at the end of this stage was still relatively low and the number of cities was small. In addition, the geographic distribution of cities was unbalanced, with more cities along the coast than inland. The second stage: sustained, rapid urbanization promoted mainly by the government (1948–present) After the founding of the State of Israel, migration of Jews into the country increased dramatically, providing the labor force and a growing domestic market for the rapid industrialization of the nation.
A number of new cities were formed, with the total number of cities in 1965 exceeding 20, the percentage of the population living in cities reaching 15 %, and the urban population reaching 15 million. However, most of the growth of urban population became concentrated in a few large cities; for example, Jakarta’s population reached more than 3 million and the population of Surabaya and Ban Dung both exceeded 1 million. In this first stage, Indonesia’s urbanization process was paced and the development was not balanced, with urbanization being characterized mainly by the rise of a few large cities.