Globalizing Shanghai: foreign investment and urban restructuring

Wei, Yehua Dennis; Leung, Chi Kin; Luo, Jun

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2004.02.003

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“…All these forces, thus, result in changes in the demand structures of land. Second, the drive for development zones (DZ) is also an important factor in urban growth in China [55,56]. In the process of attracting both foreign and domestic investment, urban governments tend to establish more and more DZs in the outskirts, which often lead to the agglomerated development of industrial land [57].…”

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Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

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Urban development in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention. However, more work is still needed to examine and understand the mechanisms of urban land expansion, especially within the context of globalization/marketization, decentralization and urbanization. This paper analyzes urban land expansion and structural changes in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). We find that cities in the YRD are experiencing urban land expansion mainly characterized by the growth of residential and industrial land. The dominant characteristics of urban land expansion in cities have also varied within different development and administrative levels. Based on our conceptual framework, we have used multi-models to investigate the driving forces of urban land expansion and structural changes in the YRD. The results reveal that six influencing factors-foreign direct investment (FDI), labor, government competition, institution, population, and job-housing relations-facilitate land use change in the economic transition process. However, their impacts differ in cities in different geographical locations, as well as with different administrative levels. Finally, this paper discusses policies to promote sustainable urban land use in the YRD. OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 10282

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“…There are extensive discussions about production and economic factor with reference to world city development (Wei et al, 2006;Zhao & Zhang, 2007). This construct is divided into four items.…”

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“…Shanghai is a pioneering economic miracle in the East Asian region, the development of Pudong new area and implementation of preferential urban restructuring strategy enable this leading world city in China to sustain its industrial development and economic growth (Wu, 1999). In response to diffusion of globalization, place promotion strategy (F. , infrastructure development (Wang * & Slack, 2004) and foreign direct investment attraction (Wei, Leung, & Luo, 2006) facilitated by central and local government are major underlying forces to transform this metropolis to underpin a prestige status of world city integrated into global economy. The purpose of this study is aiming to investigate major driving forces affecting world city formation in the study area of Shanghai.…”

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Assessing the Driving Forces Influencing World City Formation in Shanghai Based upon PLS-SEM Approach

Li¹,

Dawood²

2016

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“…The development zone fever is also an important factor contributing to urban growth in China [10,12,39]. Because DZs are established to attract foreign investment, foreign investment in its turn has become one of the most significant indicators influencing the spatial and structural transformation of urban China [4,5,11].…”

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“…The institutional perspective has argued that urban growth in Chinese cities is shaped by the state and the market [2,9]. The scholars, from this perspective, have investigated the internal land use change of development zones (DZs) [10][11][12]. Other scholars from the neoclassical perspective have demonstrated that urban growth in China is influenced by accessibility and neighboring land use types [6,13,14].…”

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Urban Land Expansion and Spatial Dynamics in Globalizing Shanghai

Wei

Huang

2014

Sustainability

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Urban land expansion in China has attracted considerable scholarly attention. However, more work is needed to apply spatial modeling to understanding the mechanisms of urban growth from both institutional and physical perspectives. This paper analyzes urban expansion in Shanghai and its development zones (DZs). We find that, as nodes of global-local interface, the DZs are the most significant components of urban growth in Shanghai, and major spatial patterns of urban expansion in Shanghai are infilling and edge expansion. We apply logistic regression, geographically weighted logistic regression (GWLR) and spatial regime regression to investigate the determinants of urban land expansion including physical conditions, state policy and land development. Regressions reveal that, though the market has been an important driving force in urban growth, the state has played a predominant role through the implementation of urban planning and the establishment of DZs to fully capitalize on globalization. We also find that differences in urban growth dynamics exist between the areas inside and outside of the DZs. Finally, this paper discusses policies to promote sustainable development in Shanghai.

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Globalizing Shanghai: foreign investment and urban restructuring

Cited by 77 publications

References 13 publications

Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Urban Land Expansion and Structural Change in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Assessing the Driving Forces Influencing World City Formation in Shanghai Based upon PLS-SEM Approach

Urban Land Expansion and Spatial Dynamics in Globalizing Shanghai

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