Mind the gap on Chinese expressways: Intercity competition, state decentralization, and unfinished expressways in China’s city-regions
Grant Data
Project Title
Mind the gap on Chinese expressways: Intercity competition, state decentralization, and unfinished expressways in China’s city-regions
Principal Investigator
Dr Liu, Xingjian
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Professor Lin George Chu Sheng
(Co-Investigator)
Professor Li Zhigang
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Zhu Shengjun
(Co-Investigator)
Dr Zhou Jiangping
(Co-Investigator)
Duration
48
Start Date
2018-09-01
Amount
731000
Conference Title
Mind the gap on Chinese expressways: Intercity competition, state decentralization, and unfinished expressways in China’s city-regions
Keywords
China's urbanization, City-regional governance, City-regions, Expressway development, Urban geography in China
Discipline
Urban Studies and PlanningUrban Development
Panel
Humanities & Social Sciences (H)
HKU Project Code
17600918
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
2018
Status
Completed
Objectives
1 To identify the spatial pattern of broken links on China’s national and local expressways; 2 To probe into the socioeconomic, political, and institutional origins of broken expressway links; 3 To critically assess the effects of broken links on uneven urban development and city-regional coordination.