Greater Pearl River Delta: Historical Evolution towards a Global City-Region

Journal of Urban Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 103-123

  Bie, Jiangbo ^a   Jong, Martin de ^b,c   Derudder, Ben ^d  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

global city region; Greater Pearl River Delta (GPRD); historical trajectory; Pearl River Delta (PRD)

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PLANNING HISTORY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HISTORY; URBAN POLITICS; WORLD CITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84938287466     PISSN: 10630732     EISSN: 14661853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10630732.2014.971575     Document Type: Article

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