So Man Shan. / Thesis submitted in: August 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 176-187). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ii / ABSTRACT --- p.iii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.vi / LIST OF TABLES --- p.ix / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.x / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- INTRODUCTION / Chapter 1.1 --- Background of the Study --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Objectives of the Study --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Significance of the Study --- p.5 / Chapter 1.4 --- Scope of the Study --- p.6 / Chapter 1.5 --- Organization of the Thesis --- p.7 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- CONCEPT OF URBAN COMPETITIVENESS / Chapter 2.1 --- Competitiveness: An Evolving Concept --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Review of Research on Urban Competitiveness --- p.10 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- URBANIZATION AND URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN POST REFORM CHINA / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Chinese Urban System --- p.22 / Chapter 3.3 --- Hukou System --- p.25 / Chapter 3.4 --- Urbanization Process and Patterns in Post-reform China --- p.27 / Chapter 3.5 --- Urban Transformation in Post-reform China --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- METHODS TO MEASURE URBAN COMPETITIVENESS / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2 --- System of Indicators --- p.36 / Chapter 4.3 --- Weighting Methods --- p.53 / Chapter 4.4 --- Comparison and Selection of Weighting Methods --- p.60 / Chapter 4.5 --- Statistical Data --- p.64 / Chapter 4.6 --- Procedures to Compute Urban Competitiveness Index --- p.67 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- ANALYSIS OF URBAN COMPETITIVENESS / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.73 / Chapter 5.2 --- Economic Competitiveness --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3 --- Social Competitiveness --- p.85 / Chapter 5.4 --- Environmental Competitiveness --- p.98 / Chapter 5.5 --- Urban Competitiveness --- p.105 / Chapter 5.6 --- Comparing Single Indicators with Urban Competitiveness --- p.114 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION / Chapter 6.1 --- Major Points and Findings --- p.119 / Chapter 6.2 --- Limitations --- p.127 / Chapter 6.3 --- Suggestion for Further Research --- p.129 / APPENDIX A --- p.130 / APPENDIX B --- p.136 / APPENDIX C --- p.144 / APPENDIX D --- p.152 / APPENDIX E --- p.160 / APPENDIX F --- p.168 / REFERENCES --- p.176
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324561 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Contributors | So, Man Shan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Geography and Resource Management. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 187 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, China |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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