Developing a Competitive Pearl River Delta In South Cina Under One Country-Two Systems,9789622097674

Developing a Competitive Pearl River Delta In South Cina Under One Country-Two Systems

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ISBN13: 9789622097674
ISBN10: 9622097677
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-05-30
Publisher(s): Hong Kong Univ Pr
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Summary

The Greater Pearl River Delta in south China with a population of 47 million is one of the largest metropolitan regions in the world and one of the fastest growing regions in China. This edited volume examines the economic, social, environmental, infrastructure, institutional and legal issues of developing the Greater Pearl River Delta including Hong Kong and Macau into a competitive region under 'One Country, Two Systems'.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xiii
Preface xix
Contributors xxvii
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
1(172)
Dynamic Hong Kong--Pearl River Delta Relationship Under Globalization and One Country-Two Systems
3(24)
Victor F. S. Sit
Evolving Trends in the Development of Manufacturing Industry in the Pearl River Delta
27(18)
Guanghan Chen
Sa Li
Competitiveness Research on Enterprises in the Pearl River Delta
45(18)
Chiping Yuan
Ting Wang
Qianming Yang
Turning of the Dragon Head: Changing Role of Hong Kong in the Regional Development of the Pearl River Delta
63(34)
Anthony Gar-on Yeh
Jiang Xu
Transforming the Structure of Pearl River Delta--Hong Kong Region to Enhance International Competitiveness
97(14)
Peiyu Zheng
Hong Kong's Producer Services Linkages with the Pearl River Delta
111(20)
Anthony Gar-on Yeh
The South China Services Megalopolis: Economic Integration between Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta
131(14)
Wai-kwan Chan
China's WTO Accession and Its Impacts on Foreign Direct Investment and Hong Kong--Pearl River Delta Integration
145(28)
Simon Xiaobin Zhao
Lok Yi Hung
Social Development
173(96)
Flexible Sojourners? The Cross-Border Flow of People from Hong Kong to Guangdong Province, China
175(26)
Pauline H. M. Tse
George C. S. Lin
Influence of the `Floating Population' on Public Security in the Pearl River Delta Region
201(12)
Lijun Chen
Family Comes First: A Family-based Resource Model for the Wife's Pre-migration Adjustment When Couples Live Apart
213(16)
Vivian W. Q. Lou
Cecilia L. W. Chan
The Residential Mobility and Housing Preferences of Hong Kong Retiree Movers to the Pearl River Delta
229(24)
Ambrose MA
Nelson W. S. Chow
A Review of the Portable Comprehensive Social Security Assistance for Elderly Persons Retiring to Guangdong Province
253(16)
Joe C. B. Leung
Environmental Development
269(130)
Sustainable Development in Urban Cities in the Pearl River Delta Region: Comparing Guangzhou and Hong Kong
271(38)
Shan-shan Chung
Carlos Wing-hung LO
Sustainability Impact Assessment in the Pearl River Delta Region: Problems and Possibilities
309(26)
Mee-kam Ng
One Ecosystem: Two EIAS
335(22)
Alex Shuk-kau Yau
Managing Water Resources in the Delta Border Zone: Challenges and Opportunities
357(26)
Yok-shiu Lee
Economic Integration and the Environmental Legal System for the Hong Kong--Guangdong Region
383(16)
Xiaoling Ma
Infrastructure and Transport Development
399(48)
The Hong Kong--Macau--Zhuhai Bridge Controversy and Hong Kong's Changing Hub Position
401(24)
Si-ming Li
Establishment of the Social Logistics System in the Pearl River Delta
425(10)
Dongyuan Yang
Port Choice and Port Competition in the Pearl River Delta: A Logistics Approach
435(12)
James Jixian Wang
Institutional and Legal Development
447(104)
Cross-boundary Cooperation in South China: Perspectives, Mechanisms and Challenges
449(32)
Peter T. Y. Cheung
Regional Integration and Governance in the Pearl River Delta Region from a Cross-border Perspective
481(28)
Roger Chun-kwong Chan
Characteristics of Corporate Restructuring of Conglomerates in Guangdong Province
509(12)
Yunshi Mao
Jiancheng Wang
A Comparative Study of the Investment Environment and Legal Systems in Mainland China and Hong Kong
521(30)
Yaping Mu
Legal Implications of the Greater Pearl River Delta
551
Xianchu Zhang

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