ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on typologies of urban development in the Greater Bay Area to describe urban processes in the region over the past two decades. The process of the region’s rapid urbanization witnessed the emergence of specialized urban centers with specific architectural forms, such as uniformly designed factory towns, organically shaped urban villages, Hong Kong’s podium-towers and leisure-focused Macau casino complexes. With time, urban developments have been growing larger (e.g. commercial and leisure centers) and have become more complex in their forms, threatening the existence of urban villages, many of which have already been demolished to make room for new projects.
