Glurbanization of the Chinese megacity Guangzhou – image-building and city development through entrepreneurial governance
The continuing integration of the Chinese economy into the globalizing world and increasing intercity competition have had significant and comparatively recent implications for post-socialist urbanization in China. Driven by market-oriented development and globalization, decentralization of economic...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Copernicus Publications
2013-07-01
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| Series: | Geographica Helvetica |
| Online Access: | http://www.geogr-helv.net/68/129/2013/gh-68-129-2013.pdf |
| Summary: | The continuing integration of the Chinese economy into the
globalizing world and increasing intercity competition have had significant
and comparatively recent implications for post-socialist urbanization in
China. Driven by market-oriented development and globalization,
decentralization of economic decision-making and downscaling of governance
from the central state to local governments and authorities characterize the
changing role of the state from urban managerialism to urban
entrepreneurialism. Drawing on Jessop's definition of the entrepreneurial
city and his concept of glurbanization, this paper aims to identify and
analyse different modes of entrepreneurial urban governance based on the
example of Guangzhou, a Chinese megacity that has been under intense pressure
to revitalize its leading role as an economic, commercial and cultural centre
in the Pearl River Delta and the rest of southern China. To face
globalization and promote competitiveness, Guangzhou pursues various
innovative interscalar entrepreneurial strategies in an active
entrepreneurial fashion through adopting an entrepreneurial discourse. This
is critically reflected upon within this article. |
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| ISSN: | 0016-7312 2194-8798 |