Regional inequality in transitional China / Felix Haifeng Liao, Yehua Dennis Wei and Li Huang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liao, Haifeng Felix, author.

Wei, Yehua Dennis, 1963- author.

Huang, Li (Graduate student), author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge contemporary China series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Regional planning--China--Case studies.

Regional planning.

Income distribution--China--Case studies.

Income distribution.

Regional economic disparities--Case studies.

Regional economic disparities.

Economic geography.

Economic conditions.

Regional disparities.

China--Economic conditions--1976-2000--Regional disparities--Case studies.

China.

China--Economic conditions--2000---Regional disparities--Case studies.

Guangdong Sheng (China)--Economic conditions.

Guangdong Sheng (China).

Zhejiang Sheng (China)--Economic conditions.

Zhejiang Sheng (China).

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 198 pages).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Biography/History:

Felix Haifeng Liao isan Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Idaho in the United States. His research interests are in the areas of economic and urban geographies, regional development, urban environmental planning, and geographic information systems (GIS) applications. He has used mixed-methods, GIS, spatial analysis and modeling, and spatial optimization to examine issues related to China's urban and regional development, transnational corporations, land and resource management, and other environmental and equity-related problems in China and the United States. He has published widely in geography journals and other interdisciplinary journals in the field of environmental science, urban studies, and sustainability science. His research has been funded by the NSF, the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and Idaho NSF EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research). Yehua Dennis Wei is a Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Utah in the United States. He is an economic/urban geographer and development specialist, with research interests in globalization, urbanization, and regional development in China. Using recent developments in geographical information systems (GIS), Wei has investigated the effects of globalization and economic transition on cities, regions, and places with respect to regional inequality, urban transition, foreign investment, innovation, and sustainable development. Wei is the author of Regional Development in China: States, Globalization, and Inequality and more than 200 journal articles and book chapters. His research has been funded by the NSF, Ford Foundation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, National Geographic Society, and Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has received awards for research excellence from the NSFC (Outstanding Young Scientist Award), Association of American Geographers' (AAG) Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His professional services include advisor/panelist for the NSF, consultant to the World Bank, overseas evaluation experts of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chair for AAG's China, Asian, and Regional Developmentand Planning specialty groups, Vice President of Chinese Professionals in GIS, etc. Li Huang is a doctoral graduate in the Department of Geography, University of Idaho in the United States. His primary research interests are in economic geography, regional development and inequality, land and resource management, andGIScience. He obtained his bachelor of science degree in GIS and a master's degree of science in urban and regional planning from Peking University in China.

Contents:

Literature review and analytical framework

Multi-scalar patterns of regional inequality

Provincial dynamics and multi-mechanism process of regional inequality

Patterns of regional inequality in Guangdong Province

Mechanisms of uneven development in Guangdong

Regional inequality in Zhejiang Province.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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