Binding: Paperback
Description: China's Greater Bay Area (GB a) previously referred to as the Pearl River Delta is one of the world's largest mega - city regions and China's foremost technological economic social and cultural node. Patchell integrates agglomeration concepts with the GB a's distinctive features to explain the region's rise innovativeness and resilience. He reveals how the GB a works as differentiated and interdependent systems providing a window into the GB a and China while also providing the basis for a comparative approach to mega - cities and mega - regions. Key topics discussed in the book include: The early development of the GB a 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 regional innovation system The role of multi - level governance in balancing national directives municipal autonomy and regional complementarities Consequences of the GB a's agglomeration for land allocation planning social structure and mobility communities sustainable development and resilience for the future Written in an accessible yet rigorous manner this textbook is ideal for a course on this important region for comparative courses on agglomeration and large - scale urban development and for people wanting a greater understanding of urban processes and China.
Title: Chinas Greater Bay Area Agglomeration External Economies Governance And Urbanization
Author(s): Patchell Jerry (Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology Hong Kong)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9780367462949
Pages: 290 Pages, 16 Tables, Black And White; 31 Line Drawings, Black And White; 66 Halftones, Black And Wh
Publication Date: 10/31/2023
Category: Regional Geography