This thesis is a study of health policy, as well as a study on social inequality. It studies who gets what in China’s market transition, and how the state policy legitimised and institutionalised certain social inequalities. The thesis’ findings parallel what the literature suggests for other transitional societies....

In recent years, urban regeneration projects have been promoted in China for their contribution to intensified and diversified urban form. However, the existing methodologies for evaluating urban regeneration within the context of China are mostly appropriated from the Western models....

The second edition of this comprehensive, fully illustrated publication explains the basic measurement techniques, describes the commercially available instruments, and provides an overview of the current perception of 3-D topography analysis in the academic world and industry and the commonly used 3-D parameters, and plots for characterising and v...