Introduction -- Smart City Trends and Developments -- EU-China Policy Framework -- Assessment Framework for Pilot Cities -- Synopsis of EU-China Pilot Smart Cities -- Analysis of EU and China Pilot Cities -- Emerging Trends and Open Challenges -- Recommendations -- Next Steps.

Minerals and the state-capital-labor triad -- Minerals, capital, and local economic development -- Resource extraction and victimization of labor -- Resources and local state capture -- Resources and local public goods provision -- Coping with the resource curse.

Introduction -- Village: From natural settlement to administrative organization - Organizational resources of a unit village -- Village-run industry and village unitization - Analysis of ecological resources and policy resources -- Village unitization and community transition -- Risk and risk...