Spatial transformations in a “loosening state”: South Africa in a comparative perspective

P Harrison, A Todes - Geoforum, 2015 - Elsevier
This study explores the spatial transformation of urban South Africa since the ending of
Apartheid rule two decades ago. It places this experience within the context of countries …

Reproducing the city of the spectacle: Mega-events, local debts, and infrastructure-led urbanization in China

Y Wu, X Li, GCS Lin - Cities, 2016 - Elsevier
Existing studies of the growth of Chinese cities and the escalation of local debts have been
done in separation. This research examines the growth and transformation of Chinese cities …

Can greenways perform as a new planning strategy in the Pearl River Delta, China?

Z Liu, Y Lin, B De Meulder, S Wang - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
The modern greenway movement in China originated in 2010 when Guangdong Provincial
Government launched the Pearl River Delta greenway network. The PRD greenway …

The impact of fiscal decentralization on urban agglomeration: Evidence from China

AM Wu, L Ye, H Li - Journal of Urban Affairs, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
In the literature on urban studies, the size distribution of cities has been attributed to a
random growth process where transportation externalities, congestion costs, and capital …

China's hybrid global city region pathway: Evidence from the Yangtze River Delta

Y Cheng, R LeGates - Cities, 2018 - Elsevier
As the number of global cities grows and the extent of their city region hinterlands expands it
is increasingly important to understand connectivity of cities within global city regions to the …

A network approach to interprovincial agreements: A study of Pan Pearl River Delta in China

B Chen, L Suo, J Ma - State and Local Government Review, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This study focuses on regional networks of interprovincial agreements (IPAs) emerged at
China's Pan Pearl River Delta (PPRD). Coparticipation of eleven PPRD members in 192 …

Scale-building in the party-state: The governance of China's metropolitan regions

L Dong, D Kübler - Territory, politics, governance, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper explores the emerging governance patterns in Chinese metropolitan regions
(城市群 chengshiqun). In the scholarly debate on city-regional governance in the West, a …

Resident-defined measurement scale for a city's products

Y Niu, LC Dong, Y Niu, F Deng - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2017 - Elsevier
The concept of a city's products has been proposed and discussed in several studies.
However, customers' quality perception is not addressed in the existing research. This study …

İstanbul: Sanayisizleşmeyen bir küresel kent

Ö Sayın - Journal of Economy Culture and Society, 2022 - dergipark.org.tr
Küresel ekonominin ulus-devletlerin bölgesel sınırlarını aşarak derinleşmesi, küresel kentler
olarak adlandırılan bazı büyük şehirlerin bu sistemin organizasyonunda önemli işlevler …

Global city development and urban wage inequality in China

FZY Hu - Asian Geographer, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study stress-tests the hypothesized relationship between global city status and the level
of urban inequality in the context of China's globalizing cities. Based on a multi-level …