Maturing Megacities : The Pearl River Delta in Progressive Transformation / edited by Uwe Altrock, Sonia Schoon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altrock, Uwe.

Contributor:

Altrock, Uwe.

Schoon, Sonia.

Series:

Advances in Asian Human-Environmental Research, 1879-7199

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human geography.

Sociology, Urban.

Regional economics.

Space in economics.

Human Geography.

Urban Sociology.

Regional and Spatial Economics.

Local Subjects:

Human Geography.

Urban Sociology.

Regional and Spatial Economics.

Physical Description:

xii, 389 p. : ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 structures after the first waves of economic globalization, political transformation, and their rapid expansion and urbanization. The initial claim and starting point of the book is the existence of a profound multidimensional shift in the coastal mega-urban region with a major tendency towards urban upgrading, economic restructuring and a clearly observable consolidation of political institutions. For the first time since the beginning of the reform and opening up after 1978, this has led to a stronger bias toward urban regeneration, an adaptive re-use of the building stock and an establishment of post-industrial knowledge-based creative industries. The book investigates these changes as a set of mutually dependent developments that have to be understood and analyzed in connection with one another. Thus, the backgrounds and underlying forces that shape physical restructuring in the developed urban cores of the mega-urban region and the ways in which the relevant actors and institutions are trying to both cope with and to influence each other are introduced here.

Contents:

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. .

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-007-6674-2