La Cina urbana: crescita e divari.

China’s urban growth represents a considerable geographical laboratory with remarkable political and social consequences. Duringthe past decade the most important cities have experienced massive growth in economy, population, transport, consumption and land use. These changes are causing massive strain on metropolitan’s existing cores, and question the manner of expansion. To meet this challenge the essay, starting from a social-economic analysis, deals with a new interpretation of sub-urbanism with particular reference to the metropolitan area of Shanghai.