China’s Greater Bay Area: Agglomeration, External Economies, Governance and Urbanization

ISBN-13: 9780367462932 / Angielski

Jerry Patchell

Opis

China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) – previously referred to as the Pearl River Delta – is one of the world’s largest megacity regions, and China’s foremost technological, economic, social and cultural node. Patchell integrates agglomeration concepts with the GBA’s conditions to explain the region’s rise, innovativeness, and resilience. He reveals how the GBA works as differentiated and semi-interdependent systems, providing a window into the GBA and China, while also providing the basis for a comparative approach to megacities and mega regions.

Key topics discussed in the book include:

• the early development of the GBA, its mix of indigenous and exogenous investments and expertise, and the forces that compelled its upgrading from process manufacturing
• the regional strengths in clusters, transportation networks, and the regional innovation system
• the role of multi-level governance in balancing national directives, municipal autonomy and regional complementarities
• consequences of the GBA’s agglomeration for social structure and mobility, communities, sustainable development and resilience for the future.

Written in an accessible and rigorous manner, this textbook is ideal for a course on this important region, for comparative courses on agglomeration and largescale urban development, and for people wanting greater understanding of urban processes and China.

Recenzje

I was impressed when I read China’s Greater Bay Area by Jerry Patchell, a passionate scholar. As an academic with research interests in the Greater Bay Area (GBA), this book moved me with its abundant and informative details which are intellectually inspiring and handy. The book is a fantastic read that guides us to explore the historical roots and contemporary growth of the GBA. It deserves a place in your bookshelf!　

Professor Jiang Xu, Faculty of Social Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Spis treści

Part 1 Introduction 1. Purposes and Processes of the GBA  Part 2 Culture Generation and Transmission  2. Lingnan and Its Culture  Part 3 External Economies  3. Crossing Many Rivers  4. Clusters and Regional Coordination  5. Spatial Interactions and Networks  6. Regional Innovation Systems  Part 4 Governance 7. Many Systems, One Region  Part 5 Urbanisation  8. People: Origins, Residency and Rights  9. The Built Environment  10. Social Structures and Mobility  11. Communities and Culture  12. Sustainable Development  13. GBA Futures: Resilience Through Agglomeration

 

O autorze

Jerry Patchell is Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science, Environment and Sustainability, and Public Policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.