Urbanization and Regional Development in the Northwest

Author: Zhao Xuyan
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: This book is a research outcome of the "Urbanization Research in Northwest China Based on Ecological Carrying Capacity" funded by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Education Foundation's Young Teachers' Fund for Higher Education Institutions. Since the 21st century, regional urbanization and urban regionalization have become the dominant trends of regional development. As the primary driving force of regional development, the path selection of urbanization is crucial. This book incorporates urbanization into the framework of regional sustainable development, using the ecologically fragile Northwest China as a typical case. By analyzing the regional background of urbanization development, the urbanization base, and the interactive relationship between urbanization and regional development, it proposes that an ecologically and economically oriented urbanization path, driven by ecological carrying capacity, is the best choice for regional sustainable development. Additionally, it discusses the support system for this path from two levels: economic support and institutional innovation. This book is suitable for researchers in urban geography, urban economics, urban planning, urban management, regional economics, and ecological economics, as well as relevant personnel in universities and research institutions.