Globalization and Networked Societies: Urban-regional Change in Pacific Asia

305 Pages·2000·2.238 MB·English

by  Yue-man Yeung

Globalization and Networked Societies

G LOBALIZATION
and Networked Societies
Urban-Regional Change in Pacific Asia
Yue-man Yeung
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
PART 1. OVERVIEW
1. Pacific Asia in the Context of Globalization 3
2. Globalization and World Cities 19
PART 2. COOPERATIVE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
3. The Emergence of Growth Triangles 43
4. Infrastructure Development in the Southern China
Growth Triangle 69
PART 3. CHINA AND HONG KONG
5. Metropolitan Planning and Management in China 107
6. Guangdong’s Rapid Change as a Coastal Province 143
viii Contents
7. Shanghai’s Transformation and Modernization under China’s
Open Policy 161
8. Sustainable Urban Development in China and Hong Kong 181
PART 4. URBAN FUTURES
9. Planning Hong Kong for 1997 and Beyond 213
10. Globalization and Urban Futures 231
Epilogue: Asia’s Financial Crisis and Its Implications 249
References 253
Index 277
Illustrations
FIGURES
2.1 Emerging Subregional Economic Linkage and Urban Corridor
in Pacific Asia 28
2.2 BESETOEcumenopolis 29
3.1 Growth Triangles in Pacific Asia 47
4.1 The Port and Airport Development Strategy (PADS),
Hong Kong 72
4.2 Location of the Ten Major Construction Projects
in Taiwan 74
4.3 Rail Network of Guangdong and Fujian, c. 1997 76
4.4 Road Network of Guangdong and Fujian, c. 1997 80
4.5 Water and Air Transport in Guangdong and Fujian 82
4.6 Infrastructure Development in the Pearl River
Delta, 1997 89
5.1 “Million” Cities in China, 1953–1994 114
6.1 Administrative Divisions of Guangdong, c. 1997 147
7.1 The Administrative Divisions of Shanghai 165
7.2 Urban Districts of Shanghai’s Central City 166
9.1 Major Infrastructure in Hong Kong, c. 2000 220