TY - JOUR
T1 - The role of planning in the development of Shenzhen, China
T2 - Rhetoric and realities
AU - Ng, Mee Kam
AU - TANG, Wing Shing
N1 - Funding Information:
1Respectively, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong [[email protected]] and Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong [[email protected]]. This research is sponsored by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (HKU 7210/99H). The authors would like to acknowledge the research support of Dr. Xu Jiang and to thank anonymous reviewers for penetrating and constructive comments. Any remaining errors or omissions are the authors’ responsibility.
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - This paper examines the role played by socioeconomic and spatial planning in the development of China's first special economic zone (SEZ), Shenzhen. More specifically, it analyzes the impacts of socioeconomic five- and ten-year plans and Master Layout Plans in Shenzhen's metamorphosis from an industry-based SEZ relying on domestic investment (early 1980s) to a modern metropolis sustained by an export-oriented economy. The authors explore the tension between local officials' aspirations to make Shenzen a 21st century "world city" and the dual obstacles of policy control by the central government and the need to harness local development within Shenzhen.
AB - This paper examines the role played by socioeconomic and spatial planning in the development of China's first special economic zone (SEZ), Shenzhen. More specifically, it analyzes the impacts of socioeconomic five- and ten-year plans and Master Layout Plans in Shenzhen's metamorphosis from an industry-based SEZ relying on domestic investment (early 1980s) to a modern metropolis sustained by an export-oriented economy. The authors explore the tension between local officials' aspirations to make Shenzen a 21st century "world city" and the dual obstacles of policy control by the central government and the need to harness local development within Shenzhen.
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U2 - 10.2747/1538-7216.45.3.190
DO - 10.2747/1538-7216.45.3.190
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:3142664777
SN - 1538-7216
VL - 45
SP - 190
EP - 211
JO - Eurasian Geography and Economics
JF - Eurasian Geography and Economics
IS - 3
ER -