Mega-City Region Development in China

Anthony G.O. Yeh is Chair Professor in Urban Planning and Design of the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in urban development and planning in Hong Kong, China, and South East Asia and the applications of geographic information systems (GIS) as planning support system. He is the co-editor of Governance and Planning of Mega-City Regions: An International Comparative Perspective with Jiang Xu published by Routledge in 2011.George C.S. Lin is Chair Professor of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include China's urban development and urbanization, land use and land management, and the political economy of urban redevelopments. He is the author of Red Capitalism in South China published by UBC Press in 1997, Developing China published by Routledge in 2009, co-author of China's Urban Space published by Routledge in 2007 and many articles.Fiona F. Yang is Associate Professor in School of Geography and Planning of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Her research interests are in geography of producer services, urban and regional development in China, and Hong Kong-Guangdong economic integration. She is the co-editor of Producer Services in China: Economic and Urban Development with Anthony G.O. Yeh published by Routledge in 2013.

• Part 1: Overview of Mega-City Regions in China 1. Introduction and Overview: Emerging Mega-City Regions in China 2. A Review of Urban Agglomeration and China’s Urbanization Strategy 3. Development and Competitiveness of China’s Mega-City Regions 4. Status, Strategy and Development Path of China’s Urban Agglomerations Part 2: Issues and Challenges of Mega-City Region Development in China 5. Producer Service Linkages That Underlie China’s Emerging Mega-City Regions: The Case of the Pearl River Delta 6. Mega-Events and the Transformation of Mega-City Regions in China 7. Analysis of Urban Competitiveness and Migration: The Case of the Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta Regions 8. Inter-City Transit Supply in China: A Review of the Status of Practice 9. Reproduction of Space in the City Center of Mega-City Regions: Bottom-Up Institutional Reforms, Profit Redistribution, and Urban Redevelopment in Guangzhou 10. Urbanization and Its Environmental Effects in Six Emerging Mega-City Regions, China 11. Environmental Challenges in Chinese Mega-City Regions: Focusing on Air Quality Management 12. Governing Mega-City Regions in China: One Region, Many Systems Part 3: Case Studies of Mega-City Regions in China 13. The Planning of Spatial Restructuring of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Mega-City Region 14. The Making of Mega-City Region as a State Project: A Case of Wuhan City Region, Central China 15. Examining the Future Development of the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area from the Perspective of Mega-City Region