China's Greater Bay Area: Agglomeration, External Economies, Governance and Urbanization (Patchell Jerry)(Paperback)

China's Greater Bay Area (GBA) - previously referred to as the Pearl River Delta - is one of the world's largest megacity regions, and China's foremost technological, economic, social and cultural node. Patchell integrates agglomeration concepts with the GBA's conditions to explain the region's rise, innovativeness, and resilience. He reveals how the GBA works as differentiated and semi-interdependent systems, providing a window into the GBA and China, while also providing the basis for a comparative approach to megacities and mega regions.Key topics discussed in the book include: the early development of the GBA, its mix of indigenous and exogenous investments and expertise, and the forces that compelled its upgrading from process manufacturing the regional strengths in clusters, transportation networks, and the regional innovation
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