Introduction: Hongqiao and Urban Theory

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Abstract

The introductory chapter presented the background to my research, introducing the Hongqiao project and indicating its importance and probable impact on regional development in west Shanghai and beyond it, in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD). The bulk of this chapter was taken up by an introductory discussion of the theoretical issues that surround the three main threads that hold this book together: entrepreneurial urbanism and mega urban projects, accumulation by dispossession and its relevance to Hongqiao and Chinese urban growth coalitions and their manifestation in Hongqiao. It was suggested here that it is through the bringing together of land-based urban growth coalitions that projects of the size and nature of Hongqiao can be realised.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationUrban Book Series
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages1-33
Number of pages33
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

Publication series

NameUrban Book Series
ISSN (Print)2365-757X
ISSN (Electronic)2365-7588

Keywords

  • Accumulation by dispossession
  • Entrepreneurial urbanism
  • Shanghai Hongqiao
  • Theoretical framework
  • Urban growth coalitions

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