Peri-urbanism in globalizing China: A study of new urbanism in Dongguan

This study examines "peri-urbanism" (urban growth in regions surrounding or between major metropolitan centers) in post-Mao China, based on detailed study of Dongguan in the Pearl River Delta. Conditions facilitating peri-urbanism and influencing its location include relaxed state control over population mobility; spontaneous, bottom-up expansion of rural industry; and spread of global capitalism. The paper also investigates roles played by entrepreneurial local government, kinship ties/personal connections with overseas investors, collective land ownership, and access to capital, technology, and information from nearby metropolitan centers. Copyright © 2006 by V. H. Winston & Son, Inc. All rights reserved.link_to_subscribed_fulltex