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      Port-City Interplays in China book

      ByJames Jixian Wang
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2014
      eBook Published 5 April 2016
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315601533
      Pages 200
      eBook ISBN 9781315601533
      Subjects Geography
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      Wang, J.J. (2014). Port-City Interplays in China (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315601533

      ABSTRACT

      China has progressed dramatically since 1978 when the country started its economic reforms and opened up to the world economy. It took only three decades for China to develop from a closed, centrally planned economy with little sea-borne trade into the world's second largest economy with the largest container shipment volume in the world. The major coastal cities have been gateways linking China with the world and have experienced rapid urbanization and port growth. How has such port growth been speeded up and realized under strong state control and intervention? How have ports and their cities affected each other? What lessons can China’s port-cities learn from other countries, regions and cities? What will be the next stage of port-city interplays in China in this globalizing era? Answering these questions from a geographical perspective, James Wang looks into four sets of port-city relations in China: Economic and functional relations between port and city; port-city spatial relations; external network relations of cities through ports; and port-city governance. These relations formulate a conceptual framework which is used to interpret port-city interplays in individual ports and cities but also in multi-port regions such as the Pearl River Delta. Based on the author’s own research and investigations into more than 25 port cities in China over the past 18 years, this book provides vivid stories about China and challenge existing theories on port development.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter 1|10 pages

      Introduction: Coastal Port Cities as Global Interfaces

      chapter 2|18 pages

      An Analytical Framework for Port-City Relations

      chapter 3|14 pages

      Port-City Economic and Functional Relationship

      chapter 4|34 pages

      Port-City Spatial Relations43 Introduction: The Port-City Spatial and Scale Relations

      chapter 5|22 pages

      External Relationships of Chinese Port Cities

      chapter 6|16 pages

      Port-City Governance Relations

      chapter 7|26 pages

      Relations Among Ports and Port Cities in Specific Regions

      chapter 8|24 pages

      8Multi-Layered Port-City Dynamics in China’s Coastal Areas

      chapter 9|12 pages

      Conclusion and Foresight

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