Online Urbanization: Online Services in China's Rural Transformation

By Li Zi

This book highlights the new urban-rural relationship that has emerged under the influence of e-commerce in China. In this regard, it presents case studies on the Suichang rural e-commerce model and Alibaba's rural strategy, together with analyses of online service in China. Furthermore, by means of a brief review of the urban-rural relationship throughout China's history, and of academic literature on the study of space, it explains the special logic of urbanization in China. As such, the book makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature on the space of flows and grassrooting, aspects that are essential to appreciating the complexity of the new urban-rural relationship in underdeveloped areas (including developing countries and underdeveloped areas in developed countries) in the ongoing information era.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811336024
• ISBN13: 9789811336027
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"