“Rural-to-Urban Transformation” Field Workshop in Shandong Province, China
Published September 6, 2019 by Casey Verderosa
Over the summer, Associate Professor George Frantz and other Cornell University faculty led students on a summer field workshop in Zibo, Shandong Province, China. The workshop is part of the Rural-to-Urban Collaborative Research Group (CRG), a project of Cornell’s Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. In a period of unprecedented rural-to-urban migration, the CRG engages in cross-disciplinary research to examine the effects of China’s rapid urbanization on residents of small villages at the periphery of this transformation.
Associate Professors George Frantz of City and Regional Planning and Robin McNeal of Asian Studies lead students on the Cornell Collaborative Research Group “Rural-to-Urban Transformation” summer field workshop on a tour of Zhoucun Ancient Town in Zibo, Shandong Province to discuss the village’s economic history and its preservation and development as a tourist destination. (Image: Shenggang Qiang)
Urban and Regional Studies student Yuefu Liu speaks with a resident of Yingxian Village near Zibo, Shandong Province during the “Rural-to-Urban Transformation” summer field workshop course taught by Associate Professors Robin McNeal in Asian Studies and George Frantz in City & Regional Planning. (Image: George Frantz)
Associate Professor Robin McNeal speaks with a local resident outside the Yiwu Little Market in Jiuji Urban Village in Zibo, Shandong province. (Image: George Frantz)
Students interview a merchant in the Little Yiwu Market in Jiuji Urban Village in Zibo, Shandong Province. The approximately 1.3 million square foot marketplace houses some 20,000 small vendors from throughout China. (Image: George Frantz)
Urban and Regional Studies student Yuefu Liu and two other students interview a buyer on a trading floor at the Shouguang Vegetable Market in Shouguang, Shandong Province. (Image: George Frantz)
Associate Professors Robin McNeal and George Frantz with Urban and Regional Studies student Yuefu Liu on a site visit to Jiuji Urban Village in Zibo, Shandong Province during the Cornell Collaborative Research Group “Rural-to-Urban Transformation” summer field workshop. (Image: Shenggang Qiang)
