上海浦东 : urban development in an era of global-local interaction Shanghai Pudong : urban development in an era of global-local interaction

This publication concerns large-scale urban area development in general, and in particular with gaining an understanding of the role played by global-local interaction in shaping the area development strategies in one particularly explosive urban project, the development of Shanghai's Pudong New Area. The Pudong development provides an extreme example of a situation in which interaction between global and local forces took place in a location whose boundaries had been closed to the outside world for almost forty years and in a period when doors and windows were beginning to open. The research led to a concrete interpretation of the tensions developing at district level and provided an example capable of representing the complexity and dynamics of current area developments. The practical question addressed by the research was: What were the main factors responsible for the speed achieved by the Pudong development? The associated theoretical question was To what extent did the development of the Pudong New Area reflect the characteristics of a developmental state?IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences "The emergence of large-scale urban development and redevelopment projects presents urban managers with tasks of daunting complexity. Such projects involve a huge variety of participants, global and local, public and private. The development process can be lengthy. The development of Shanghai's Pudong New Area was a mega project developed with the kind of speed that few other projects in the world have ever achieved. The present book considers the problems with particular reference to the way in which global-local interaction helped to shape the strategies followed."--Jacket Shanghai's Pudong development is an example of a situation in which interaction between global and local forces took place in a location whose boundaries had been closed to the outside world for almost forty years. This work attempts to gain an understanding of the role played by global-local interaction towards shaping developments in Pundong. Yawei Chen. Originally Presented As Author's Thesis (doctoral) -- Delft University Of Technology, 2007. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 289-314). Text In English With Dutch And Chinese.