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A study on urban competitiveness in China.

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

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324561
Date January 2004
ContributorsSo, Man Shan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Geography and Resource Management.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, x, 187 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
CoverageChina, China
RightsUse 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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