(Post)suburban development and state entrepreneurialism in Beijing's outer suburbs

Wu, Fulong and Phelps, Nicholas A. 2011. (Post)suburban development and state entrepreneurialism in Beijing's outer suburbs. Environment and Planning A 43 (2) , pp. 410-430. 10.1068/a43125

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Abstract

Chinese cities are experiencing rapid urban expansion and rampant land conversions in periurban areas. Has China’s suburban growth gone beyond commonly noted ‘suburbanisation’? To what extent does fast metropolitan growth reflect state entrepreneurialism after economic reform? The authors seek to elaborate further and contextualise Chinese suburban and postsuburban development and examine the underlying dynamics of state entrepreneurialism in the process of metropolitan development. The empirical basis of this research is a case study of the historical development of Yizhuang, an outer suburban new town of Beijing. The city originates from the establishment of the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone in 1992, but has passed rapidly through several phases of growth. The pattern of growth reveals both the complexities of adequately defining and delimiting such a growth node within the metropolitan fabric and of the state’s intimate involvement in its development and evolution.

Item Type:	Article
Schools:	Schools > Geography and Planning (GEOPL)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Additional Information:	Fulong Wu and Nicholas Phelps, 2011. The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Environment and Planning A, 43, 2, 410-430, 2011, 10.1068/a43125
Publisher:	Pion
ISSN:	0308-518X
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2019 09:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/10742

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