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Symposium on Mega-City Region Development in China
3 December, 2016 @ 9:00 am - 5:40 pm
Symposium on Mega-City Region Development in China
3 December 2016, Saturday
9:00 am – 5:40 pm
Rm. 820, Knowles Building
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
China has experienced phenomenal urbanization and urban development at a scale and speed unprecedented in human history since economic reforms and open-door policy in 1978. Mega-city regions are playing important roles in this socio-economic and urban transformation. Ten mega-city regions in China, including Jing-Jin-Ji (Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei) region, the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta, although accounted for only 11% of the total land area, possessed 39% of the population and over 60% of the GDP. Prominent scholars from Mainland China and Hong Kong will examine different issues of economic and social development, environment, planning, and governance of mega-city regions in China in this Symposium.
Programme
| 9:00 – 9:30 am | Opening Ceremony and Addresses |
| Session 1 – Overview of Mega-City Region | |
| 9:30 – 9:55 am | From Mega-Cities to Mega City Regions – Issues and Agenda Prof. Anthony Yeh, The University of Hong Kong |
| 9:55 -10:15 am | Tokaido Megalopolis: a Mega-City Region in Decline Prof. Andre Sorensen, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 10:15 – 10:40 am | On the Research of Mega City-regions of China Prof. Yuemin Ning and Dr. Zhang Fan, East China Normal University, Shanghai |
| 10:40 – 11:00 am | Tea and Coffee |
| Session 2 – Economic Development | |
| 11:00 – 11:25 am | Economic Dynamism and Regional Restructuring of the Pearl River Delta Prof. Desheng Xue, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou (To be confirmed) |
| 11:25 – 11:50 am | Mega-Events and the Transformation of Mega-City Regions in China Prof. George Lin, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 11:50 – 12:15 pm | Producer Services Linkages in Mega-City Regions – A Case Study of Pearl River Delta Dr. Fiona Yang, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou and Prof. Anthony Yeh, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 12:30 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Break |
| Session 3 – Social Development and Environment | |
| 2:00 – 2:25 pm | Spatial Restructuring Beijing-Tianjian-Hebei (BTH) Mega-region Prof. Chaolin Gu, Tsinghua University, Beijing |
| 2:25 – 2:50 pm | Urban Competitiveness and Migration in the YRD and PRD Regions of China Prof. Jianfa Shen and Mr. Lei Wang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 2:50 – 3:15 pm | Urbanization and its Environmental Effects in Six Emerging Mega-city Regions, China Prof. Weiqi Zhou, Prof. Bojie Fu, and Prof. Jia Wang, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing |
| 3:15 – 3:40 pm | Environmental Challenges in Chinese Mega-City Regions – Focusing on Air Quality Management Dr. Kyungmin Nam, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
| 3:40 – 4:00 pm | Tea and Coffee |
| Session 4 – Planning and Governance | |
| 4:00 – 4:25 pm | Supplying Megaregional Transit Service in China Prof. Jiawen Yang, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen |
| 4:25- 4:50 pm | Mobility and Travel Behavior in Hyperdense Cities Prof. Donggen Wang, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong |
| 4:50 – 5:15 pm | The Dilemma of State Space Making in Middle China – A Case of Wuhan City Region Prof. Zhigang Li, Wuhan University, Wuhan |
| 5:15 – 5:40 pm | Governing Mega-city Regions: Theory, Practice, and Spatial Impacts Dr. Jiang Xu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Registration
Please contact Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning, HKU, for free registration(first-come-first-served) before 1 December 2016 (Mr. Timothy Lam, Tel: 3917-8644, Email: sytimlam@hku.hk)