Advancement in science and technology has brought about tremendous changes in the world. Under the influence of globalization, increasing competition among cities has been witnessed all over the world and urban competitiveness has become a new research topic. This study conducts a comparative analysis of 253 Chinese cities at prefecture-level or above based on a conceptual framework of urban competitiveness. Two methodological issues are addressed and carefully examined which are the selection of weighting methods and the assessment of the impact of population data on the result of urban competitiveness analysis. Based on the empirical results, this research further analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese cities and the regional pattern of urban competitiveness in China. / In this study, urban competitiveness is understood from a comprehensive perspective including economic, social and environmental components. Adopting a three-level hierarchical indicator system, this study compares the different results derived from the use of two different weighting methods, Equal Weighting and Factor Analysis. Through tracing the calculation process, it is found that Factor Analysis generates problematic weights to some indicators and it also has a tendency to ignore the environmental performance of the cities in this study. Thus the Equal Weighting method seems better to fit urban competitiveness study. / The impact of the quality of population data is addressed by comparing the results using the population data from the 2000 Population Census and from the 2001 Urban Statistical Yearbook. Although the general inconsistency in the result of urban competitiveness analysis caused by using different population data was not as serious as the one caused by using different weighting methods, the results from using population data from the 2001 Urban Statistical Yearbook were inaccurate. / The inter-regional differences and intra-regional variations within regions and provinces have been significant in the reform period. The eastern region outstripped the central and western regions not only in economic, but also in social and environmental competitiveness. Economic competitiveness driven by a large amount of FDI in the eastern region was the most outstanding among the three competitiveness dimensions. Cities in the central region were better off than the western region with the exception of Economic Performance. It is worth noting that a few cities in the central and western regions demonstrated strong competitiveness which even outscored many eastern cities. However, the large disparity among the cities in the western region increased the difficulties of reducing the overall regional disparity. The variation of urban competitiveness also shaped the inter-provincial disparity within each region. / These methodological considerations have led to the selection of Equal Weighting as the weighting method and the 2000 Population Census as the population data source with which to measure urban competitiveness. As revealed by the analysis, the cities varied by having either consistent or inconsistent ranks in their economic, social and environmental competitiveness. Hangzhou, Zhuhai, Beijing, and Shenzhen ranked at the top for the country, while Bazhong, Baoshan, Suining, and Guang'an ranked near the bottom in total urban competitiveness. / This research contributes to the understanding of and measurement of urban competitiveness in Chinese cities. It provides a useful reference on the strengths and weaknesses of Chinese cities. Furthermore, the regional pattern of urban competitiveness also helps to improve the general understanding of China's uneven development. / Jiang, Yihong. / "January 2007." / Adviser: Jianfa Shen. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-08, Section: A, page: 3537. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-248). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

Yu, Han. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-155). / Abstract also in Chinese; appendix C in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.v / Content --- p.vii / Figure Content --- p.ix / Table Content --- p.xiii / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Rapid Transformation of urban fabric in China --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Dilemma in conservation studies and practices --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Definition --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Research Questions --- p.9 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Research Methods --- p.10 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Study area --- p.11 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Objectives and significances --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review and Methodology --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1 --- Space syntax theory --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Foundations of syntactical model --- p.14 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Network and movements --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Part-whole relationships --- p.19 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Syntactical studies of urban evolution process --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2 --- Space Syntax Implementations --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Basic parameters --- p.28 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Secondary parameters --- p.32 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Implementation in Depthmap --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3 --- Research methodology --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Analysis and Results --- p.42 / Chapter 3.1 --- Background --- p.42 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Overview of urban development of Foshan --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Limitations of previous studies --- p.53 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Analysis framework --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2 --- Data preparation --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Historical maps --- p.58 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Three periods --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Historic attributes --- p.63 / Chapter 3.3 --- Syntactical models --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Generating axial lines --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Boundary considerations --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Space syntax parameters --- p.69 / Chapter 3.4 --- Syntactical transformation of the whole street network --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Global integration --- p.70 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Global choice --- p.76 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Relations to functional distribution --- p.79 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Findings --- p.84 / Chapter 3.5 --- Transformation of district-city relationships --- p.85 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Overview of ´بdistrict´ة in different years --- p.86 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- ´بDistrict´ة and ´بradius´ة --- p.91 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Syntactical characteristics of districts --- p.99 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Findings --- p.106 / Chapter 3.6 --- Transformation of place-city relationships --- p.107 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Overview of ´بhistorical places´ة in different years --- p.108 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Syntactical characteristics of places in 1923 --- p.114 / Chapter 3.6.3 --- Syntactical transformation of heritages --- p.117 / Chapter 3.6.4 --- Findings --- p.122 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.123 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Discussion and Conclusion --- p.125 / Chapter 4.1 --- Conservation discussions --- p.125 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Suggestions to urban planning of historic core --- p.125 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Suggestions to urban design of historic districts --- p.129 / Chapter 4.2 --- Conclusions --- p.131 / Chapter 4.3 --- Research limitations --- p.132 / Chapter 4.4 --- Future works --- p.133 / Appendix --- p.135 / Chapter A: --- Events of Foshan in the history --- p.135 / Chapter B: --- Glossary of space syntax --- p.137 / Chapter C: --- Glossary of Foshan --- p.139 / Chapter D: --- Syntactical results of respective districts --- p.142 / Chapter E: --- Syntactical results of individual heritages --- p.144 / Bibliography --- p.148

published_or_final_version / Geography and Geology / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Geography and Geology / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences / Department of Sociology

Cheng Ching Yip Jimmy. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1998-99, design report." / introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1 --- makyi ami --- p.2 / Chapter 2 --- interzones - extract from Gary Leeming. ukonllne.co.uk --- p.3 / "phenomenological suspension - SATRE for baginners. Donald Palme, Writers and Readers;1995,p.35 & 37" --- p.6 / Chapter 3 --- saving Private Ryan --- p.9 / vision Vs Caution --- p.11 / book design --- p.XX / Chapter 5 --- seoul night --- p.12 / urban parks --- p.13 / Chapter 6 --- "metal alloys - Braving the Elements, TIME:Special Issue; Jan.1998 p.69" --- p.14 / "vasari Corridor - At Risk, by Anonymous; South China Morning Post, Oct. 3, 1998" --- p.17 / Chapter 7 --- "urban nomad - Adapted from: Living in the Cross hairs of Fanatical Terrorism, by Christopher Dobson; South China Morning Post, Oct. 11, 1998" --- p.22 / Chapter 8 --- CIAM --- p.23 / determinism Vs discontinuitly --- p.27 / soliloquy of an old man --- p.31 / central district study --- p.X / the urban state --- p.X / stie selection 2 --- p.X / mei foo sun chuen - map --- p.X / drifting conversations --- p.X / site --- p.X / functional uniformity --- p.X / spatial uniformity --- p.X / computer models --- p.X / shading studies --- p.X / conclusions --- p.X / installation 1 --- p.X / urban forms --- p.X / kmb story --- p.X / cut-up technique --- p.- / wililam burroughs - www.netmonkey.com/1997/features/cutup/index.html --- p.X / leiSure pre-text --- p.X / transport pre-text --- p.X / programmatic development --- p.X / transport interchange planning --- p.X / initial concept --- p.X / programmatic reference --- p.X / stage II --- p.X / heavy urban parks --- p.X / "frames and forms - Structure and fabric; part 2. J.F. Foster, R. Harrington; Mitchell's Building Series, london. 1990, p 193" --- p.X / structural study I: the bridge beam --- p.X / structural study II: bridge beam development --- p.X / structural study III: bridge beam development --- p.X / structural study III: the megastructure --- p.X / "structural morphology: precedent studies - Modern Architecture: a critical History, K. Frampton. Thames and Hudson, ed.1985" --- p.X / "stage III: a mesh structure can be park area - Modern Achitecture since 1900, William JR Curtis.Phaidon Press Limited. 2nd ed.1987.p26,345" --- p.X / structural study IV: the megastructure development - Future Systems; the story of tomorrow. Martin Pawley. Phaidon Press Limited. 2nd ed.1993.p128-129 --- p.X / "structural study V: the megastructure design development - Structures et formes, Marc Mimram. Bordas Paris. 2nd ed.1983.p62-63" --- p.X / presentation layout --- p.X / key drawings --- p.X

Tony Man Yiu Chiu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 217-227). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstracts --- p.ii / Contents --- p.iv / List of Tables and Figures --- p.viii / Chapter Chapter 1. --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Research Topic --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Research Questions --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Data and Methodology --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Plan of the Thesis --- p.9 / Chapter Part I --- Theoretical and Empirical Background / Chapter Chapter 2. --- URBAN STRUCTURE IN A GLOBAL CITY: TOWARDS A FRAMEWORK OF ANALYSIS --- p.10-43 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Global City Thesis --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Global City and Urban Industrial Structure / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Global-City Theories of Industrial Change --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Industrial Location Approach --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- A Recapitulation --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- Global City and Urban Business Structure / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Global-City Theories of Office Location --- p.25 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- A Recapitulation --- p.28 / Chapter 2.4 --- Global City and Urban Social Structure / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Global-City Theories of Urban Social Structure --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Problems Reinstated --- p.36 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Mapping of Urban Structure in a Global City: A Reappraisal of Urban Ecology --- p.38 / Chapter 2.5 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.42 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- HONG KONG: FROM AN INDUSTRIAL CITY TO GLOBAL CITY --- p.44-69 / Chapter 3.1 --- Post-war Industrial Development (1950-1975) --- p.45 / Chapter 3.2 --- Industrial Restructuring (1975-91) --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3 --- Is Hong Kong a Global City? --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.66 / Chapter Part II --- The Geography of Growth and Decline / Chapter Chapter 4 --- URBAN INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE: LOCATIONAL PATTERN OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES1971-1989 --- p.70-118 / Chapter 4.1 --- Spatial Pattern of Manufacturing Industries --- p.72 / Chapter 4.2 --- Decentralization of Manufacturing Industries / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Decentralization in the Seventies --- p.78 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- New Town Development and Industrial Decentralization --- p.83 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Decentralization in the Eighties --- p.85 / Chapter 4.3 --- Spatial Difference of Production Scales --- p.86 / Chapter 4.4 --- Locational Dynamics of Manufacturing Industries --- p.92 / Chapter 4.5 --- A Recapitulation --- p.102 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- URBAN BUSINESS STRUCTURE: LOCATIONAL PATTERN OF PRODUCER SERVICE ACTIVITIES --- p.119-169 / Chapter 5.1 --- Spatial Development of Office Centres in Hong Kong / Chapter 5.1.1 --- General Distribution of Office Centre in Hong Kong --- p.122 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Overall Distribution --- p.123 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- A Decentralized CBD? --- p.127 / Chapter 5.2 --- Locational Dynamics of Producer Service Activities --- p.132 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Banking Sector --- p.133 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Other Financial Institutions --- p.135 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Insurance --- p.137 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Real Estate and Business Service --- p.138 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Import and Export Trading --- p.141 / Chapter 5.3 --- A Brief Note on the Factors of Decentralization --- p.143 / Chapter 5.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.147 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- URBAN SOCIAL STRUCTURE: RESIDENTIAL DIFFERENTIATION IN A GLOBAL CITY --- p.168-210 / Chapter 6.1 --- Methodological Issues in Factorial Ecology / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Factorial Ecology --- p.170 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Some Unresolved Methodological Problems --- p.172 / Chapter 6.2 --- A Factor Analysis of the 1996 By-Census Data / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Method of Analysis --- p.174 / Chapter 6.2.2 --- An Analysis of Urban Structure in the whole Territories of Hong Kong --- p.175 / Chapter 6.2.3 --- An Analysis of Urban Structure of Hong Kong and Kowloon --- p.177 / Chapter 6.2.4 --- A Comparison of Urban Structure from 1981 to1996 --- p.181 / Chapter 6.3 --- "Mapping of Urban Structure in Hong Kong and Kowloon," --- p.183 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- An Overview of the Post-War Urban Structure 1950-1980 --- p.184 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- "Mapping of Spatial Structure of Hong Kong,1996" --- p.188 / Chapter 6.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.196 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- CONCLUSION / Chapter 7.1 --- Spatial Dynamics in a Global City: A Summary View --- p.211 / Chapter 7.2 --- Limitation of this Thesis and Future Research Direction --- p.213 / REFERENCE --- p.217 / Appendix 1 Classification of TPUs into District/Areas for Chapter 4-5 --- p.228

Thesis. 1978. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ENGINEERING. / Bibliography: leaves 76-77. / by Roderick C. Leung. / M.Arch.A.S.

published_or_final_version / Urban Studies / Master / Master of Social Sciences

Cheng Pak Chiu Lemuel. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1999-2000, design report." / project synopsis --- p.4 / Chapter i/ --- background --- p.10 / "my first moment, personal experience I" --- p.12 / urban intricacy --- p.13 / fluidiy of mass (people) --- p.14 / transience of time --- p.15 / flooding --- p.17 / notes: flooding --- p.18 / Chapter ii/ --- paradox --- p.20 / to go with it? --- p.22 / notes: bernard tschumi / body in shadow --- p.24 / notes: time --- p.25 / notes: time --- p.27 / notes: film --- p.29 / the evaporation --- p.30 / the value --- p.31 / urban paradox? --- p.32 / my scope --- p.32 / personal experience II: an electrical failure --- p.33 / what if?... --- p.33 / Chapter iii/ --- inquiry --- p.34 / "momentary ""darkness""" --- p.38 / notes --- p.39 / [frag]miliarity --- p.42 / the spirit of intricacy --- p.44 / the possiblity of body --- p.45 / the possibility of time --- p.47 / "other ""darkness""" / notes: --- p.48 / konnonji temple in japan --- p.49 / "Exodous, competition entry, Rem Koolhaas" --- p.50 / "Laban Center for Movement and Dance, Peter Zumthor" --- p.51 / Chapter iv/ --- translation --- p.52 / Tanslation into program --- p.54 / concept I between --- p.55 / concept II within --- p.57 / program(s): urban columbaria + public bath --- p.60 / s.o. program (provisioinal) --- p.61 / users --- p.62 / client --- p.64 / other possible programs? --- p.66 / urban / site / where? --- p.68 / district I: sheung wan / central --- p.69 / district II: tsim sha tsui --- p.73 / district III: causeway bay --- p.77 / my choice --- p.81 / Chapter v/ --- appedix --- p.82 / bibliographies --- p.83 / review 1 --- p.84 / "paper ""architectural from spontaneous, a phenomal sense in Hong Kong""" --- p.85 / diaglogue with instructor --- p.90 / amendment and responses --- p.96