Economic globalization and urban development in China

Author: Gu Chaolin
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Publish Date: 1999-11-01
Features: This book conducts theoretical and empirical research on the main issues faced by urban development in China since the 1980s from the perspective of economic globalization and China's opening-up. It primarily includes the following three aspects: First, it analyzes the potential urban system structure that may form under the new international economic system and the development trends of international cities. Second, it discusses the basic characteristics and power mechanisms of urbanization and suburbanization in the new era, and provides a specific analysis of new urban territorial types such as international cities, megaregions, and metropolitan areas. Third, based on summarizing the internal mechanisms and patterns of urban development in China, it proposes several new strategies for future development and a theoretical and methodological framework for formulating national and long-term urban development plans.