China's spatial economic development : regional transformation in the lower Yanzi Delta

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Plates = ⅹ
• Figures = xi
• Maps = xii
• Tables = xiii
• Preface = xv
• Romanization = xviii
• Abbreviations = xix
• Penglang = xxi
• 1. Introduction = 1
• Rationale, scope and objectives = 1
• The lower Yangzi delta region and Kunshan = 3
• Redefining a new critical regional geography = 9
• Development theory in crisis : beyond the impasse = 14
• Issues and methodology = 18
• Organization of the book = 20
• 2. Regional development and industrialization : towards mega-urbanization = 25
• Confronting the post-modern void in China : taking diversity seriously = 26
• Linkages and the transactional revolution = 28
• A new geography of production : making space for place = 30
• Cities, towns and rural transformation : the Chinese development debate = 35
• Rural and urban in China's regional development : seeking a middle ground = 42
• Mega-urbanization in the lower Yangzi delta : enterprise location and the reconstitution of local space = 45
• 3. The lower Yangzi delta : historical geography and contemporary patterns of change = 57
• The lower Yangzi delta from the Late Imperial period = 58
• Pre-reform political economy = 63
• Reforms and transformation in the rural economy = 66
• Spatial economic patterns in the lower Yangzi delta = 78
• At the edge of Shanghai : Kunshan to the fore = 86
• 4. Transforming the Kunshan countryside : structure of local government and relationship to enterprises = 97
• Bifurcation of the functions of local government = 98
• Spatial proliferation of enterprises = 111
• Formalizing local institutional structures in a partially reformed command economy = 115
• Socialist new rural area with Chinese characteristics = 124
• 5. Restless landscapes : the local character of spatial change = 131
• Transportation = 131
• Dianshanhu Town = 141
• Tongxin Village = 146
• Specialized development zones = 150
• 6. Linkages and the location of non-agricultural production = 160
• In vestment in local development = 160
• Ownership, land and labour = 165
• Enterprise procurement, marketing and management = 168
• Transactional environment = 176
• 7. Mega-urbanization in the lower Yangzi delta : theoretical and policy challenges and responses = 180
• Negotiating and managing the regional transformation : institutional parameters and rural agglomeration = 181
• Theoretical implications : urban transition or regional resilience? = 187
• Planning and management agenda : Chinese solutions for Chinese problems = 193
• Appendix 1 : Notes on Chinese statistical sources = 202
• Appendix 2 : Structure of Chinese administrative divisions = 206
• Glossary of Chinese terms = 210
• Bibliography = 214
• Index = 231