Rural-Urban Transition and the Planning and Governance of Mega-Urban Regions in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12336973 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aprodicio A Laquian (University of British Columbia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1996 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 15-30 |
| Publication date | 1996-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Geographer (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1022-5706 • E-ISSN: 2158-1762 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10225706.1996.9684010 |
| OpenAlex | W1988158004 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
In October 1990, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) approved a grant for the Centre of Human Settlements, University of British Columbia, to conduct a comparative study of Asian urbanization as the spearhead in an effort to develop a new approach to human settlements development planning. In 1991, CHS entered into agreements with Tsinghua University, Tongji University and Zhongshan University to collaboratively carry out a research project on the expanding mega-urban regions in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The collaborative project focused on three themes: (a) redevelopment of the inner city areas of these mega-urban regions; (b) the growth of small towns on the metropolitan periphery; and (c) the planning and governance of the rapidly growing mega-urban regions. This paper is primarily focused on China's three main mega-urban regions of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. It is an attempt to place the planning and governance of China's three main mega-urban regions in the context of the dramatic rural-urban transition that has been occurring in China since 1979 when the Central Government decided to open China to the outside world and pursue economic and social policies leading towards a ‘socialist market economy’
Agency (philosophy · Beijing · Business · China · Civil engineering · Context (archaeology · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economy · Geography · Human settlement · Megacity · Metropolitan area · Political science · Regional planning · Regional science · Sociology · Urban planning · Urbanization · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |