Maturing Megacities The Pearl River Delta in Progressive Transformation /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Altrock, Uwe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Schoon, Sonia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research,
• Θέματα: Geography.; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; City planning.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Urbanism.; Regional/Spatial Science.

This edited volume covers the multiple changes concerning urban governance in the course of the progressive transformation of the Pearl River Delta mega-urban region in China. Looking at the megacities Guangzhou and Shenzhen, it analyzes the maturing of socio-economic, political and spatial structur...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: Introduction.-The Pearl River Delta in Progressive Transformation
• Part II:  Transforming into Megacities
• Second Metamorphosis? Urban Restructuring and Planning Responses in Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the 21st Century
• The Influence of Regional Planning Administration on Local Development
• Cross-border Governance: The Merger of Guangzhou and Foshan
• Part III: The Reorientation Towards Urban Regeneration
• Three Olds: Experimental Urban Restructuring with Chinese Characteristics. Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Comparison
• Examining China’s Urban Redevelopment: Land Types, Targeted Policies, and Public Participation
• Part IV: Economic Upgrading
• Maturing Governance Over Time. Groping for Economic Upgrading in Guangzhou’s Zhongda Cloth Market
• Formal and Informal Economies in Guangzhou’s Zhongda Cloth Market
• Regeneration of Derelict Industrial Sites in Guangzhou and Shenzhen
• Part V: The Evolution of Integrative Governance
• Gaming and Decision-making. Urbanized Village Redevelopment in Guangzhou
• Villagers’ Participation in Mega-urban Upgrading. Liede Village: Guangzhou’s Pioneer
• Elite Vision before People: State Entrepreneurialism and the Limits of Participation
• Part VI: Public Open Space between Appropriation and Marketing
• Parks as Soft Location Factors
• The Role of Public Space in the Upgrading of Industrial Sites
• The Role of Public Space in the Upgrading of Urbanized Villages
• Part VII: Conclusion
• Maturing Megacities: Lessons from the Pearl River Delta Experiences.    .