1st Edition

Megaregional China

By Richard Hu Copyright 2024
108 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

108 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

108 Pages 16 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book unravels China’s new megaregional structure, new megaregional planning and development, new megaregional governance, and new regional planning system. It draws upon a diversity of megaregional cases: city clusters of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region, Yangtze River delta region, and Greater Bay Area; and metropolitan circles of Chengdu, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and... Read more

1. Megaregions and Urban China  2. Planning Megaregions  3. Developing Metropolitan Circles: Issues and Challenges  4. The Dragon’s Head in Spatial Imaginary: Integrating Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta Region  5. ‘One Country, Two Cities’: Relational Planning of Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the Greater Bay Area

Biography

Richard Hu is an award-winning urban planner. His work and interests - both intellectual and professional - integrate built environment, economy, and technology to address contemporary urban transformation and sustainable development, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. He is the author of Smart Design (2021) and The Shenzhen Phenomenon (2020).