Port-City Interplays in China

"Based on the author's own research and investigations into more than 25 port cities in China over the past 18 years, this book provides vivid stories about China and challenges existing theories on port development. This book answers the following questions from a geographical perspective: how has port growth been speeded up and realized under strong state control and intervention? How have ports and their cities affected each other? What lessons can China's port-cities learn from other countries, regions and cities? and what will be the next stage of port-city interplays in China in this globalizing era?"--Provided by publisher.

James Jixian Wang is associate professor and head of the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. Born in Beijing and trained at Peoplea€?s U of China (B. Econ), University of Hong Kong (MPhil), and University of Toronto (PhD), Dr Wang specializes in the research of nodal transport development and their geographical impacts. He is a council member of the Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies, and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He has published widely and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Transport Geography, Transportmetrica, Asian Geographers, Transport Behaviour and Society, and Urban Planning International (Chinese). As a port city specialist, Dr Wang has participated in port-city planning projects and strategic studies for more than 25 Chinese and other Asian port cities and regions.