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Verdini, Giulio1 (2014). The costs of urban growth at the fringe of a Chinese city : evidence from Jinshi Village in Suzhou. International Development Planning Review, 36:4, p. 413-43. Published online October 08, 2014. DOI : 10.3828/idpr.2014.27.The rate of city growth in China today correlates well with an overall loss of the most fertile agricultural areas of the country. A consequence of this growth includes the rapid reshaping of peri-urban livelihoods in their densely populated fringe. The policy response from central government has focused on containing city growth and pursuing modern rural development. Both policy directions have failed, in part, to acknowledge the intrinsic nature of the urban fringe in China. This paper explores the features of the fringe of Suzhou, a fast growing city in the Yangtze River Delta. The aim is to outline potential social costs of this current policy framework, through analysing the case study of Jinshi Village. The paper advocates a different regionalist approach to policy implementation.Read full text at Liverpool metapress.com (secured access)In 2013, Giulio Verdini has been a visiting scholar at the CECMC (EHESS), the institution that hosts the editorial team of the UrbaChina blog. The activities of Giulio Verdini at the CECMC are presented in Carnets du Centre Chine :Giulio Verdini, urbaniste accueilli au CECMCConceiving the rural in coastal ChinaThe rural heritage and the modernization at the fringe of the Chinese citiesBridging the gap between conservation and community: evidence from two cases in Suzhou and Shanghai  1. Urban Planning and Design, Xi'an Jiaotong - Liverpool University, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China.See more at: http://academic.xjtlu.edu.cn/upd/Staff/giulio-verdini&#160;