Chinese Cities

In the last three decades, Chinese cities have experienced phenomenal changes. This virtual issue draws from an extensive pool of articles published in IJURR to illustrate some aspects of this transformation. It is a very challenging task to select just a few articles because all have their merits and contribute to our understanding in one way or another. The 18 articles in this virtual issue have been chosen because they are illustrative of nine broad themes : urban redevelopment, communities and placemaking, urban villages and informal housing, regional development, regional governance, land development, housing inequalities, inequalities and urban poverty, urban space and spatial change.