Characteristics and driving forces of peri-urban areas: the case of shanghai, china

Author

Biqing Ge ; Li Tian

Author_Institution

Dept. of Urban Planning, Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2011

fDate

17-19 June 2011

Abstract

Peri-urbanization has been taking place in the surrounding areas of metropolitan area in China due to the influence of outside investment and rural industrialization, and the conflicts of urban and rural dual track management system. Nowadays, while growing quickly in GDP, peri-urban area has been facing many problems in industrial structure, land use efficiency,and environmental protection. Based on literature review, this paper takes Peri-urban Shanghai as a case study, summarizes its evolution and characteristics in terms of social-economic structure, population, employment and land use; than analyzes its driving force in both top-down and bottom-up levels.

Keywords

economic indicators; employment; environmental factors; investment; socio-economic effects; town and country planning; China; GDP; Shanghai; employment; environmental protection; industrial structure; land use efficiency; metropolitan area; outside investment; peri-urbanization; population; rural dual track management system; rural industrialization; social-economic structure; urban dual track management system; Biological system modeling; Cities and towns; Economic indicators; Force; Industries; Urban areas; Peri-urbanization; Shanghai; characteristics; driving forces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

China Planning Conference (IACP), 2011 5th International Association for

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1395-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IACP.2011.6024124

Filename

6024124